**to Know Further Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

Holding arms up
They snatched her last piece of clothes
With the tool that has teeth like dragon
The man was speaking all the times
As pieces from his person were falling down
On the way
Some robbers had been waiting
In a noisy journey the cold airs
With hot waves were fanning the anger

Soft cotton apparel with white emblem
From under the darkness of the trees possessed
That woman was desperate to find someone
The young boy had hardly anything to help her
Stretching her self from under the earth
Of her ego
She begged for water and something
The coincidence was not as smooth
She had black lines below her eyes
Long nights of sleeplessness
She deserved the care
From the society that was broken
From dreaded affairs

Nothing for tomorrow but if it comes
Shall then I see a few good words
My courage needed a boost to know further
Then I gave up knowing to some other time

And then some ruins in no time
From the mother city
A butler who had served
White napkins and once the forgotten
Beloved hid her face from him as he knew her
His name was Lali Jan
Whose body was recovered from the debris
Of the lone five star hotel of the town
11/6/2009