WISH FOR A HERMITAGE
In this jungle of
concrete monoliths
I only wish for a hermitage
Faraway from the people
Behind those insurmountable peaks
There only could I fetch
The lost peace of my heart
Smoldering one by one at my pace
Pieces of my existence
I wait silently under a shade
Of a lush green bush
Not on tenterhooks
To reach my destination
And I will be there someday
You have my friend
Right to ask me why?
In those magnificent edifices
Luxuries galvanize them
And under the shadows
Underdogs squeezed
In sweltering tin sheds
Dozens of dishes each time
In esthetical sense
Decorate their grandiose
Buffet tables
Am not alarmed at how they get
‘Coz jealousy is an ailment
Of a rotten soul
One table of a small
So-called noble family
Will suffice some dozen families
Out in the cardboard dwellings
And the leftovers
Of elite dining halls
Land in the dustbins
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© ® Kawsar Khalil
