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Meander, If You Must

July 8, 2020 By Hibah Shabkhez Leave a Comment

Photo by Martin Sanchez on Unsplash
Meander, if you must, whispers the lake
To its new-born river. But flow down all
The way to the sea. When drought comes to stake
Its claim, when plateau, plain and desert stretch 
Their thirsting, sun-cracked feelers out to take
Your soul, do not die gasping in the sand
Or compound with other rivers to make
Alliances that will consume and erase
     Your name.

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About Hibah Shabkhez

Hibah Shabkhez is a writer of the half-yo literary tradition, an erratic language-learning enthusiast, and a happily eccentric blogger from Lahore, Pakistan. Her work has previously appeared in Wellington Street Review, Black Bough, Nine Muses, Borrowed Solace, Ligeia, Cordite Poetry, and a number of other literary magazines.

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