Life and Work
I lit my mouth with jolly bewitchment,
Amusement caught my tongue, funny,
It felt agreeable, well-worthy for me to enlighten
The buds as they may be sweet too much to possess.
I am allured by sounds from the animals, who
Think so friendly and some not so forcefully,
Let argument be raised in the form of fire.
I lit my eyes with happiness, yet it was happier
When affairs and age troubled nobody like me.
Experience and adventure learnt awe and respect
For all the time is collected in a bottle
To drift in space, to lift the space around us.
We are in essence a right and wrong, and we fetch food
In our mouths like no mother or father could fetch.
Yesterday, food entered the mouth, but then the next day
An animal has been executed with excitement
So as to feed us, clothe us and nurture our health enough to master,
To master the work, to keep dozens of days for rest and solitude.
poem by Naveed Akram
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