An Escape Goat Poem by Akhtar Jawad

An Escape Goat

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Your innocence,
and,
your ignorance,
constrains me to think,
is there any law framed by the nature,
other than physical laws of matter,
leaving properties of matter aside,
I see an anarchy all round me,
Dear Goat! I am helpless,
human fears need an escape goat.
I'm also an escape goat like you,
you are luckier than me,
till the last moment of life,
you remain ignorant.
Alas! I am not!
But,
I shall never know,
for whose escape,
I shall be sacrificed,
and,
who is the one,
he is afraid of!

Monday, September 12, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: fears
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kelly Kurt 12 September 2016

We shorten that saying to 'Scapegoat' here but the impact of this thoughtful poem remains powerful

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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 12 September 2016

Beautifully penned! An 'Escape goat ' is a thought provoking poem I really felt the shiver of the goat ready for sacrifice!

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Edward Kofi Louis 12 September 2016

Constrains me to think! ! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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