Besotted
written by: Muhammad Shahab
O love…
the dark and deep
core to perpend.
Feelings thicken, and sleep,
flies as though it were a hummingbird.
Trials and feats scuffle in
the dark and deep.
You… besotted me,
I think it will end,
but the end is the new beginning
of the dark and deep.
Muhammad Shahab is an English Literature major and Linguistics minor at the University of Peshawar, Pakistan. His poetry has appeared in Proletaria. He is currently working on his book, Standing on a Seashore, a collection of poems.
