I'm A Nice Guy!!! (A Sarcastic Plea to the higher Power)

I am always wrong,
With everything I do,
It has become my theme song,
I believe its true.

I can clap with one hand,
I can lick my elbow,
I can breathe under water,
I preach to trust a strange fellow.

I dont look both ways,
When I cross the street,
I tell all my students,
To go ahead and cheat.

I shout out loud,
When asked to be silent,
On a peace rally,
I act all violent.

I hold an abortion rally,
At a catholic church,
When I loose something,
I dont bother to search.

I drink coffee,
Right before I sleep,
I direct the kids,
Where the water is deep.

When I see a blind guy,
I ask for directions,
In the middle of a funeral,
I make funny impressions.

I cut classes,
When Im a teacher,
I learn evolution,
From a Christian preacher.

Then why doesnt Karma,
Throw me a bone,
With all these great qualities,
Why am all alone.


By Basheer Parvez.

An All Out Attack!!!

As I walk through the valley
Of shadow of death
Wait!! this was done by 2Pac
And you were listening to in bed

Making up poems
Makes you think you are cool
But people think of you
As a big damn fool

You think you can live
Without a worry or a thought
Shit keeps coming back
And spread on everything you have got

You can keep wanting things
That are out of your reach
No new tricks to
An old dog you can teach

You will always be sad
And come out as a loser
Once reality hits you
You nolonger will be the chooser

You think you have control
But you are out of it all
You can keep on resisting
But you cant prevent this fall

Looking for sympathy
In places that have none
Im gonna quit rhyming now
Because your life is no fun.


Peace Out.


By Basheer Parvez.

Part 2: Confessions for a Fat Man

Hey big man
With an appetite
Get out of my face
And out of my sight

You eat me up
Without a second thought
You even gulp the food
That was left to rot

I have seen you swallow
A whole damn pie
With a single bite
And on the side of Fries

Then you order yourself
A diet coke
With all that food
You'd certainly choke

You claim to have control
Over your belly's desire
Nothing can extiguish
Your Stomach's fire.


By Basheer Parvez.

Part 1: Confessions of a Fat Man

Hey Good Food
That I no longer eat
I convince myself
That you taste like feet

As I look through the shelves
Filled with ice cream cakes
One little bite is
That is all it takes

Stuff my face
With Briyani Rice
I bet you'd taste
So god damn nice

As I look away
Heart filled with despair
My longing for you dear food
Is beyond repair


By Basheer Parvez.

Story of my Life!!!

When I was younger, I thought that I could change the world but with time, I learned that the world would change and follow the pattern it will and I had no control over it. People will lie, relationships will end, friends will turn into enemies, life will be filled with regrets and wins will be turned into losses.

But I learned that one thing that will stay constant once you have it is Love. Love wont die regardless of all the pain, anger, disappointments and regrets.

From life, I learned that I cant choose happiness but I can choose to lessen the pain. I cant choose success but I can choose not to accept failure. I cant choose how long to live but I can make the best out of the time available to me.

I have faced all the above and yet I am still here and I shall remain on my feet as long as I can handle the burden that life lays over me.

I will get rid of my daemons and have life choose the next turn, be it in any direction. At the end I hope I will not be judged by who I was but rather who I have become.....


Few thoughts by Basheer Parvez

Last Man of The Mohawk Tribe!!!

This is a story that I describe;
Of the last man belonging to the Mohawk tribe;

He saw his land taken away from him;
He saw his life growing dim;

When the settlers walked in;
He thought they had peace within;

But they came bearing guns;
Taking and leaving no returns;

They killed his tribe before his eyes;
Just for the greed that within them lies;

All around him, he sees death;
He flees, and he is running out of breath;

Then the peace they made, they celebrate;
But the pain of his people he cant tolerate;

So with vengeance in his heart he lies;
From within he slowly dies;

Looking at his land being raped;
Was it truly a consequence of fate.


Dedicated to the Native Americans who had to pay the true price with their freedom and lives to make America what it is today.



May you all Rest in Peace.



By Basheer Parvez.

Man With Shattered Dreams!!!

Broken man, with broken dreams;
Filled with loneliness it seems;

He walks alone in the night;
Even his shadow has left his side;

Voices in his head is all he hears;
Life but not death he fears;

What he longs, he cannot get;
What he remembers, he cannot forget;

How life brought him this way;
Should he leave or should he stay;

Friends laugh at him behind his back;
Courtesy is one thing that they lack;

With lots of pain in his heart;
Sorrow is one thing he cannot keep apart;

So with a fake smile he keeps living;
With Nothing to take but just keep giving.



By Basheer Parvez.

Journey of a Lifetime.

You are a shelter
From life’s frequent storm;
Like a comfortable blanket;
You keep me safe and warm.

You’re a light in the window
When everything is dark;
You’re a trip of a life time;
A stroll in the park.

Like a bright, sunny summer,
You are joy without end;
And I will be forever privileged
To have you till the end.


Love.
Basheer.

Cant Get Enough Of You!!!

Waking up in the morning
With a smile on my face
I will be seeing you today
In all your humbleness and grace

The first look at you
Makes me smile
My heart lightens up
I can run for a mile

Every word you say
Is music to my ears
You make my heart sway
I forget all those tears

The tears I shed missing you
Become nothing but history
How can I love you so much
Still remains a mystery

Walking along your side
I hope that this walk lasts forever
Seeing the look in your eyes
Melts my heart as ever

And I think to myself
What can I do to make you mine
My love for you darling
Is forever divine

What should I say
What should I do
How to handle it
My heart aches for you

I dont care for
The time we were apart
With Just the future on my mind
If only we can have a fresh start

The past shall remain the past
It has no meaning to me
Lets hold hands now
Together walk to eternity

I wonder if you still love me
I wonder if you still care
I hope you would tell me
If these feelings we share


Love.
Basheer.

What is Faith?

"The hardest thing in life is to be traveling on a Path not knowing what lies at the end. But if the path you are on is the only path available to you, then that's when you start having faith", by yours truly.


So I keep moving
Looking at the stars
My only companions
In this journey so far

Looking up ahead
Hoping that I would see
With her arms open wide
My love waiting for me

And I keep going
With pain and trembling knees
From my demons of sorrow
Only she can set me free.

I believe she has happiness
I believe she can give me light
But to be able to reach her
I believe I have to fight this fight.


Basheer.

It Hurts to be Me!!!

As my heart Beats
It cries out your name
Longing to hold you
Darling I seek no fame

The pain that I felt
When you did us apart
Still burns through my soul
Choking my broken heart

I still feel that pain
Pain that grows forever strong
As I learn to suppress it
I wont last much long

My life is now a maze
With paths that are unclear
But one path is all I have
And the destination is nowhere near

With each step it reminds me
Of where is it that I want to be
I am tired and on my knees
But the end is something I still cant see

I will crawl till the end
If the hope is still there
With all my dreams and love for you
God will keep away my fear.


Basheer.

In Memory of all that I have lost in my Life.

As the Fog Gathers
I try to look through
For that beacon of light
That once lit my view

And then the Fog settles
And my view becomes clear
It was all a mirage of my mind
And my destination was nowhere near

Alas! it comes to me
Might it be a lie
But does it really matter
Because in my heart and in my memories,
You shall never die.

In memory of the Bahrain Map, the Pearl Monument along with all the great things I have Lost in my Life.

Basheer.

Kenya Trip and Brain Freeze

So this time I was heading to Kenya. Well was kind of curious as to what this trip is going to be like. Events that took place before this trip back home in Bahrain were both sad as all the people living one of the easiest lives in any country I have ever been in, were complaining about higher salaries.

Well this trip started like most of the others with all the travel and blah blah (As I dont want to bore anyone with the details). Well the interesting part of this trip was not the actual work as the events that had taken place in Bahrain has totally diverted my attention from the actual work. The thing is, doing what I do for three years, and having done it over and over again, I can pretty much say that I can do it with my eyes closed now. So as my attention was diverted from work, I can safely say that it didnt effect my work much.

Ok, coming back to my view of things happening in Bahrain, as I saw it through Al Jazeera (Which I have learned not to trust as it only shows news that sells and not the reality), it was a complete chaos. the army and riot police have dispersed the crowds who made the Pearl Round about their vacation spot (Listen Al Jazeera, its round so it cannot be a square). On TV it looked like a war zone, so, as any person would do, my first call went out to my Parents but couldnt reach anyone over the phone. That just made my Paranoia go crazy. After finally getting in touch with the them and figuring out that they are safe and that the media is just blowing things out of proportion, I could actually have a piece of mind. From that time onwards, I decided to not watch Al Jazeera anymore and rely totally on my sources at home.

Well amid all these issues, I didnt manage to go for a safari trip but did enjoy the Zebra they served me at the hotel :)

Jeddah Log

So, I was just heading back from jeddah after an exhausting 5 days of intense work. During these 5 days, I had done 12-14 hours worth of work a day and that has brought by mind to a complete standstill. To be honest, it has not been the work itself because I am generally used to working long hours while being onsite but it has been the combination of work, depressing city, my damn cold, no cafes or even a water cooler at the hospital and lack of worthy human interaction that has caused my misery. I havent had a decent conversation in these five days.

So with that being said, last time I wrote, I was heading to jeddah with my cold. Well, it really didnt get any better from there on. As days progressed, my cold got worse. No rest and dehydration didnt help much. I dont understand this city, a minute its 35 degrees in the middle of winter and the next moment it raining God tears and the whole city is flooded. It took us around 3 hours to travel a distance of around 15 Kms. Well in all fairness, it could have been much worse.

I did manage tocomplete my work, make a days trip to Riyadh and kead back home in one piece. It was one of the most depressing trips i have been on so far and I am sure that I wont remain that way as there are plenty of more trips coming which will make this one feel like a vacation.

The FluThat Brought Me Down!!!

Just like life's other surprises, I was surprised to wakeup in the morning with a sore throat. I didnt think much of it as I have had this before but generally it passes in a couple of hours. But that was not to be the case today. Today it came to me in full fury and attacked my throat like it owned the flu money. Those of you who have had a flu know that at the moment of its attack it has no equal. But I was surprised because I had just had a cold a month ago and I thought that I had my share of the season but that was not to be the case.

The previous cold had attacked me on my Birthday which basically ruined all the plans I had for that day. My birthday was spent lying in bed and trying to imagine all the fun I could have had but will not have. I did enjoy the sympathy of some of my friends feeling sorry for me but that was all the joy I was to have on my 28th Birthday.

Today while thinking about my miserable situation of being sick and having to take a trip to Jeddah for work, I came to reealize that my situation isnt really that bad. I thought of all the people around me with worse illnesses than I have and illnesses with no cure.

Those of you who dont know me, I work for a cancer treatment company and come in contact with Cancer patients on a daily basis. Thinking of them makes my small little flu seem almost like an itch. Talking to some of these people makes me realize that you have to be really strong to endure the worst that life has to offer. These poeple besides their illness manage to smile and give themselves hope. I believe that any sickness can be cured through mind. Since our whole body is controlled by our mind, we can effect the operation of different parts upto to cellular level through our brains. We just need to learn how to do that and the answer is hope. As long as we have hope, we will continue living and our eventual death would be caused by a sense of hopelessness.

Although I feel much better about my illness now but I would still like to be back to my 100% because I got a very hectic week of work ahead. Wish me luck in Jeddah, I sure would be needing it!!!

The Beginning

In the beginning there was a thought. That developed into an idea and in turn brought the truth. The reason for me to start with the first sentence that I did is that before starting this blog, I needed to know what I will be writing about. I reached a simple conclusion that it is going to be about THE TRUTH. The truth as it happens around me and as I see it. I will only be presenting my perspective and it will for sure be a target of criticism.

I don't claim to be right all the time but I do claim that everything that happens around me forces me to think. I like to keep those nice little brain cells of mine entertained.

So please read on and give me your views on the upcoming posts. All comments are welcome.

Regards.
Basheer.