I Am Alive

They are human beings,
They have emotions,
They have sentiments,
They have passions,
They feel and they think,
What's wrong in it?
If they want a change!
If they desire,
A needful revolution!

They have been constrained,
To stand on a road,
Wherein all forks,
Have been blocked,
Behind them is a gun,
Before them is a sun,
Shining just on their heads!
But enlightening paths as well!

The rotten system,
The dirty politics,
The selfish politicians,
Corruption and violence,
Ignorance and illiteracy,
Communal riots,
Terror and extremism,
Unemployment and street crimes,
Rapes and robberies,
And above all,
The hungry poor men,
Discussing all time,
The conditions and situation,
Now ripe to burst,
For a change and revolution!


I didn't see my shadow,
I was alone,
How helpless I looked!
Bu truth is power,
Could I speak the truth?
I could not!
For nine months,
I regretted my past,
I condemned my present,
Too worried for my future,
It wasn't only me,
Everybody knew,
What's going on to happen.
In a cold night of December,
After a long bloodshed,
After a deadly war,
My heart was cut,
Into two pieces,
It could have been done,
Without bloodshed!

Afternoon is it,
Length of shadows,
Show a linear propagation,
Soon these shadows,
Will disappear,
But why don't you think,
That may be a deadly night,
Of a bloody revolution!

For the sake of men,
For the sake of women,
For the sake of children,
For the sake of nation,
Can't you get rid of ego,
For a while only!
And accept the fate,
And move to a side,
And avoid bloodshed!

Let them come forward,
Let them change the world,
If they succeed,
It will bring some good,
To you even, sir.
And if they fail,
The angry mobs,
Will sweep them out,
Like a dirty garbage.

I remind you, sir,
Waleed told to Quraish,
Let Muhammad (pbuh) continue,
If he succeeds,
Will be honor for Arabs,
And if he fails,
He will be no more,
But he was ignored,
And I know it well,
You will also ignore,
Feeble voice of time!


by:   Akhtar Jawad