Intensity of Experience

First I cried and then I laughed.

Clouds roared..
Lights flashed..
You came to mind.

In the second line, the division of syllables into three acoustically equal, and semantically complete, segments, creates a rhythm that rhymes with the pulsating pain along with the raging skies that the psychovisual atmosphere this verse depicts.

The first line, again, illustrates how common proverbial expressions can be successfully used to paint profound states of mind.

The reading flow of this verse is such that it runs a pictorial sequence in the peruser's mind that takes us directly into the mind of the poet himself. We see the intensity of the emotion (or the recall of which) that must have propelled Nasir to write this way.