Friday 8 July 2016

Listen to me


Listen to me
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My subconscious irritates me
A child upside down at a beach
Or in the lap of a shipper
Dead and abandoned.

Jhelum has not spoken to me too
The mountains haven’t shown its bright side
Still reeling under the spell of doom
Oh! Am I seeking asylum in the pall of gloom?

Conflicts have taken its toll
World society acts bizarre
Dignity, honour and survival at stake
Perpetrators have their own cake.

Hounded, threatened and forced to flee
Shores don’t help ethnic cleansing to endure
Yet I am looking upto the community
Saving some grace for humanity.

Ah! I do have become vulnerable
Hope yet brings some respite
Wake up, wake up to humanitarian tragedy
Let you cultivate some international solidarity.

Visible becomes the scars on humanity
Refugees, humans too and belong to humanity
Dawn does not wait for darkness to flee
Let vision empowers all to make life easy
Let the peace, love, brotherhood spread positivity
Let me not feel totally abandoned
Listen to me! Listen to me!
O! World community.
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All rights reserved/Tribhawan Kaul

Note :- The poem has been published in World Refugee Day anthology by Significant League in June 2016
http://differenttruths.com/cover-story/an-anthology-of-world-refugee-day-poems/
------------------------------my poem Listen to me at page 72

6 comments:

  1. Date & Time: 7/11/2016 5:09:00 AM
    Poem: 46280694 - Listen To Me
    Member: Valsa George
    Comment: Of late the world has become a real battle ground where thousands fall dead and enemies brandish their poisonous steel! Nothing can be done about the growing violence....! We stand helpless with the last vestige of hope flying from us... Only with the International community standing together, something can be done to bring back peace! A powerful write from someone who wants to see harmony reinstated!
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  2. Ramkishore Upadhyay
    July 14 at 3:16pm
    Let vision empowers all to make life easy Let the peace, love, brotherhood spread positivity Let me not feel totally abandoned Listen to me! Listen to me! O! World community.----------------अति सुंदर
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  3. Nimal Dunuhinga
    July 14 at 5:29pm
    When man sees the man?
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  4. Jai Krishna
    July 14 at 9:28pm
    Highly Inspiring ! Great job !
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  5. Khondakar Abdur Rahaman
    July 15 at 9:44pm
    jiboner sob kabita ekhane seshhoye geche জীবনের সব কবিতা এখানে শেষ হয়ে গেছে Here is the poem of life has come to an end
    oder bedona ki kore ur korte parbo ওদের বেদনা কি করে ওর করতে পারবো Her pain is what they can
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  6. Fatima Afshan
    July 16 at 12:08pm
    Wonderful Sir!
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