A Dead Man Was Crying Poem by Sayeed Abubakar

A dead man was crying in his grave.
His neighbors in the graveyard asked,
'Why do you cry? '

'I cry because my sons, daughters, brothers
And relatives didn't come to bury me.
Even they didn't offer a drop of water
While I was dying.'

Astonished, they asked, 'Really?
Were you a war-criminal? '

'No, I was an innocent man.
Throughout my whole life, I had been
A good husband, a good father,
A good relative, a good neighbor
And a good patriot.'

Astonished more, they asked,
'Why did it happen to you then? '

'It happened not only to me
But also to all in the world
Who died along with me.'

They couldn't believe his words.
'We don't think, suddenly men on earth
Have become so cruel.'

He said, 'At first I myself couldn't believe it too.
But when Covid-19 attacked me
And I died of Corona,
My heart got broken seeing the indifference
And selfishness of my beloved ones.'

They asked, 'What is Covid-19?
And what is Corona? '

'I knew very little of it.
I heard people saying, it's a kind of virus
Cultivated by China.
If you're eager to know more,
Go to China and ask the Chinese President.'