Ali R Ilyas

Poetry

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Because too many people settle for something that pulls them down, and not enough fight for a love that sets them free. Something that Empowers them, and let's them grow to be who they truly are and not who they're expected to be.

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Sometimes it's not about finding the way, it's about finding the will to find the way.

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Masjid Koutoubia, Mosque of the Booksellers - is a beautiful 12 Century Mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco.

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"To develop a broader vision we must be willing to forsake, to kill, our narrower vision." - The Road Less Travelled, M.Scott Peck [Photo : Badshahi Masjid, Lahore]

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Like the tabla*, a warrior sits patiently in his elegence. His armour lays within the depths of his mind, let him be adorned with the silk of the eastern spider - for it stricks only at the touch of its web, and like the rythme of the tabla, it ignites only when ignited. *Tabla -Percussion drum

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The Urdu language developed in the military camps of India, where Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Hindi where spoken, and so mixed. "Ordu" in Turkish means "Army". [Picture : Lahore Fort]

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The 'Crystal Place', (Sheesh Mahal), otherwise known as the Palace of Mirrors is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and one of the most beautiful examples of the Mughal Dynasty's craftsmanship. (Lahore, Pakistan)

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You're only as Good as the Evil you suppress.

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