In Search Of: A Sequel to Question Marks!

By Kashef Javeed

This book is a sequel to "Question Marks". The poems are reflections of my thoughts. I may have found some answers but the journey is long and strenuous because the more I search, more questions arise. Hence the search continues. We all aspire for something. We are all in search of something. I hope it resonates with you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9781664123793

Kashef Javeed

Kashef Javeed is the author of 4 other books. His previous work includes Fading Hopes, Drops of Truth and 99 Expressions. His websites are www.99expressions.com and www.kashefjaveedbooks.com

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Rev. date: 09/03/2020

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for

Beautiful Banaf

sheh

My darling daughter!

for

Zaheda

My dear mother!

CONTENTS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

WE

I CAME ACROSS

INVISIBLE AND INTRIGUING STARE

I WANDER, I WALK

ALONG CAME A TWEETING BIRD

BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL

NOTRE BELLE L’ANGE BANAFSHEH

STANDSTILL

FULFILL

A WALK IN WOODBRIDGE WOODS

TAUGHT

SACRED FOUL

WILLINGLY

STATUS QUO…………………TIME TO GO!

I HAVE TRIED

THE OPPOSITE

ONE LESS

NOT EVERYONE CAN BE

WITHIN ME

WHY

THE FUSS

EASIER SAID THAN DONE

A LITTLE LESS

IONS

THIS IS IT, IS THIS IT

VESSELS AND BOTTLES

I REALIZE

I SEARCH OF YOU

DROWNED AND DWELLED

AIMLESS

LIMBO

LOVELESS

LET ME, LET YOURSELF

EVER MORE AND NO MORE

I TRIED

JUST BECAUSE

HERE AND EVERYWHERE

BEYOND

WILLING

NO MATTER

I’LL BE AROUND

HOPE YOU’VE FOUND

EVEN THOUGH

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

GOD AND FLAWED

I FIGURED

INCOMPLETE

ARE YOU WILLING

I’M ALREADY DEAD

THERE’S NO EASY WAY OUT

IT’S BEEN A WHILE

YET AGAIN

COLOR OF MY DREAMS

DEEP WITHIN ME

THE GREAT ESCAPE

FEELINGS

FOUND

WHO AM I

WORTH SEARCHING FOR

WHAT GOOD

ROCK AND RIVER

PONDER

TENFOLD

HEARTLESS HEART

THE MIRACLE

PANDEMIC

MOTHER NATURE

THE CURE AND THE PURE

A NEW NORM

INDIVIDUAL LIVING BEINGS

TODAY, TOMORROW AND YESTERDAY

DREAMS OH DREAMS

EVERYTHING AND NOTHING

WILL FREE

PRECIOUS

BOTH SIDES OFTHE COIN

AGE AND SAGE

CLOWNS IN CIRCUS

MY CONNOTATIONS

FREE WILL

DONE AND DUSTED

LAND OF THE PURE

I

QUE VOULEZ VOUS, JE VEUX

JUST WHEN YOU THINK

LET ME

IN SEARCH OF..........

PREFACE

If I cease searching, then, woe is me, I am lost. That is how I look at it - keep going, keep going come what may. —Vincent van Gogh!

This book is a sequel to Question Marks. I may have found some answers but the journey is long and strenuous because the more I search, more questions arise. Hence the search continues. All of us are in search of something. Greener pastures, dreams, aspirations, money, better job, relationships, a perfect house. Some of us have materialistic desires, some of us have physical desires and some of us have none of the above. The question is does that define us? I don’t think so, as we are all in search of whatever we desire. It’s our personalities that define our search and everyone of us have the right to search for what we desire. Right or wrong is how we hold our own perspectives. Who are we to judge one another?

We all aspire for something. We are all in search of something. My dilemma is that I still haven’t found what I am searching for. I am sure many of the people reading this right now are in the same boat. If the one’s have found what they were looking for, I with all my sincerity and depth of my heart am happy for all of you. You are truly blessed.

Art is as much about searching as it is about creating .- Karl Ove Knausgard

Art and creation go hand in hand and have existed from Adam’s age. Everyone is an artist, a creator and all of us are searching whatever we desire and aspire for. Does it matter that your interest and search differs from mine?

Kashef Javeed

August 2020

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

There’s a long list of people that I want to acknowledge. It will comprise countless pages or perhaps a whole book on this subject as I have been blessed to come across so many wonderful souls in my life.

Many of you who had fun with me when I had it all

Many of you who have assisted me when I had a fall

Many of you who have let me down

Many of you who gave me the crown

All of you matter because every living soul I came across in my life taught me something. I have learned from all of you and am thankful to all of you.

Some of you have lost touch

Some of you are still in touch

Some of you parted your ways because of the differences and opinions we had

Some of you stayed intact despite the occasional arguments we had

That’s what life and relationships are all about

To all of you I say, whenever you want to get in touch again just give me a shout!

I have been truly blessed to meet people across different continents, different cultures, different backgrounds and races. You all made me realize that we are all the same. All of you poured so much love and affection that overwhelmed me.

To all my family, relatives and friends.

Some of you agree with me and some of you don’t. Some of you like me and some of you don’t. I have been so privileged to meet you all.

I LOVE YOU ALL

GOD BLESS YOU ALL

However I’m obliged to mention a special word for my dear old friend Bart Daems, who designed the prequel to this book Question Marks and now again went through the pain upon my request to especially paint something as a cover design for this book. Bart actually gave me a number of options but this one was the best suited. Danke je Bart!

Thank you

Always

Kashef Javeed

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is

sit down at a typewriter and bleed."

--Ernest Hemingway

WE

We ran our fingers across the same wall within which we lived

We jumped and touched the same ceilings with our fingertips under which we took shelter

We pointed at the same sky which had clouds, moon, sun and stars beneath which we dwelled

We did the rain dance on the same surface on which we cherished

We glowed with the same light that made us shine

We were fearful of the dark that led us astray

We flew like fireflies spreading light in