Hope For A New Dawn! Poem by Ayesha Riaz

To clanking chains,
I utter your name,
eyes are flooded with tears,
still hoping for a new dawn,

In the staccato of guns,
I wish I could run,
From the tears that bowl along,
still hoping for a new dawn,

Through prisoned wall of my pain,
I wish I could get back to where I belong,
to where I belong,
still hoping for a new dawn,

From my paralyzed actions,
and fear that has worse reaction,
I wonder if I could be a sugar daddy,
and be your liberator,

I am clapped out,
the juices have drained out of me,
still hoping for a new dawn,

To pull you out of bloodshed,
wish I could hold you,
like you hold me as if you are my mother,
But I am covered with shame under collar,
that I am not worthy for you,
and that I can not bail you out,
from all these sins you carry,
that aren't for your deeds,
I still hope for a new dawn,

When I'll be there with all my ducks in a row,
to guard you, to be your Armour,
to pull you out from darkness,
from those worst newspapers and utterance,
where you lie,
Still hoping for a new dawn,

You have wounds that are not all roses,
that could be cured,
Your color has grown feeble,
But yet I hope for a new dawn,

Yet I believe I would save you one day,
Eyes are flooded with tears,
and still I promise I would, without bbeing staggered,
you'll shine in a new dawn for ever,
Take you higher, where you ought to be, without sinking in the ground
You'll shine in a new dawn for ever,
I promise...

Written on 3/26/11