This is Life This is Life
- by Shaheen (Ottawa)

The breeze falls away.
In the Yukon
On the sunlit wall
Hangs a picture of flowers,
Fresh, red, bright;
But above,
Snow still covers the mountain crests.
In front of me,
A girl smiles,
Whispering into the phone
Sheepishly looks around
What a quandary! What a charm!
Here, my imagination blossom flowers,
And there, everything frozen.
This is our life.

The breeze falls away.

(Translated from Urdu)