Then I Realized
Long time ago many animated entities welcomed
Me as a victor but my freedom did not accompany me,
That day I saw many liberated leaves of a tree
With joviality glided in the wind, that day
A kite I released from my hand
Up in the sky but I knew little about its fate,
Its dance and blithe could not elate me,
Its vigor did not relax me,
At the edge of the shore that day I caught a
Glimpse of the hovering sea gulls, they snatched
The left overs, swallowed, squawked
Within the spectrum of joyfulness,
Then I realized—
My freedom was inseparable from my life,
I could consume it from many events of the planet,
From many congregations of the subjugated humankind!
Copyright © Mustofa Munir | Year Posted 2018
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