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A Glimpse That Lingers A Glimpse That Lingers - By Hilal Uddin Shah - By Hilal Uddin Shah I once beheld you—just for a moment, Perhaps beneath a sky that whispered low, Where light and dusk in silence met, And time moved gently, as if in flow. I searched again those eyes so deep, But fate had closed the fleeting gate; You vanished into twilight’s sleep— Too far, too soon, too late. In all my dark and silent days, You were the warmth of distant gleam; A single spark, a sudden blaze, That haunted every dream. Now, I know not what love may mean, But when your thought begins to burn, A tear escapes—soft, unseen, And memories gently turn. Perhaps this ache has no known name, But if it must be love, so be— Then know I love you still the same, Though you are not with me. I hold no claim to hold you near, No vows, no bond, no fate I mold— Yet in your memory, crystal-clear, My heart still learns to hold. If ever heaven grants one grace, Beyond the bounds of mortal air, I’d walk once more to see...

The Light I Never Found The Light I Never Found — By Hilal Uddin Shah — By Hilal Uddin Shah Since tender youth, I chased a gleam, A distant star, a wistful dream. I thought, perhaps, one day she’d come— With silent steps, yet beat a drum Within my soul, and touch my brow, And make me more than I am now. I dreamt she’d come with magic grace, And light a fire I could not place— That I might rise above the clay, And walk a wiser, brighter way. A sage, a hero, shaped anew— All from a glance, a touch, a view. But time passed on, her face unseen, My hands lay bare, my hopes turned lean. No spell was cast, no path was shown, No whispered fate to call my own. Still, in my heart, I’d softly cry, That luck might look me in the eye— That once, just once, her touch might stir The strength I’d failed to find in her. Alas! I met the bitter truth: That dreams, though sweet, can rob one’s youth. I walked the ground and felt the stone, And knew I stood, at last, alone. I saw the years I’d let decay In ...