A poem!

In the house of men
we were preached
to embrace the past
and forget the future.
We did so!
we happily lived in the past
deliberately forgot the present
and shunned the future too.

After centuries
when we rubbed our eyes from a deep slumber
we found…
that we were turned into beasts inside past’s metaphorical walls
but then….
when we looked above the walls
there were only beasts
walking ….
with two legs
driven by their greedy desires
patrolling on my streets
with their khaki uniform
and stupid weapons
to glorify
what beasts can do for beasts?

Farid Gul, London, 3rd December 2009