O leaders

NafisaSB

O leaders of our land

To show your great might

You make people fight;

 And when you preach hate

And use poor folks as bait

Doesn’t your conscience bite

And don’t you feel their plight?

O ivory tower men,

Secluded in your den

Don’t you think YOU sin

When causing useless din.

How can a nation rise

When its folks are not wise;

When we all fail to unite,

Then might is akin to right.

Open up your eyes

Before the last goodbyes

O people of my land;

Let divisionism be banned.

Let us join our hands,

Without seeing caste or skin.

For if we fail to wake up

The deep will pull us in.

And no one will survive

This nasty hatred drive.

  • Author: safina (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: March 3rd, 2022 02:29
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 14
  • Users favorite of this poem: L. B. Mek
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  • Doggerel Dave

    Sussed out several of your poems - so I know your heart is very much in the right place.
    Your lines 'How can a nation rise When its folks are not wise' is the question, the answer not easy. If the folks can, they should study the processes of history, for “Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.”
    That is, if they have the chance....

    • NafisaSB

      thank you so much for your comments- it seems your heart is in the right place too, if you can understand my feelings conveyed through my verses...I really appreciate your feedback

    • L. B. Mek

      so timely and worded
      with that sincerity
      of insightfully arrowed, precision..
      thanks for sharing!
      (I laud your control and capacity
      to express yourself eloquently
      while penning
      what must have been such an emotional write,
      even if the only emotion, present
      was that uncontainable
      infuriatedly bristling
      utterly dispiriting, frustration)

      • NafisaSB

        thank you for your wonderful comments..it inspires me to write more about things that touch me



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