I Breathe But Breathless I Live Poem by MAHTAB BANGALEE

Finding Peace Poetry Contest
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I can breathe when I go to your parlor
Through your smile, verbose speech,
Snow white teeth, fleshy skin, sweating
I can breathe thoroughly, coz love sheer

I can breathe when I go to the fresh nature
Hearing birds chirping, walking under the
Cloudy shadow, hearing river's rhythm
With fountain falling norm I breathe fair

But I can't breathe when I go through myself
Where I find varied customs of discrimination
Where I make an abode of hatred, vengeance
Barring love where I care so-called patrician pelf

I'm breathless in the reign of apartheid humanity
Breathless I'm dead alive to take taste my destiny

©Mahtab Bangalee
Chattogram
30/01/2023