Quarantine Poem by Akhtar Jawad

Quarantine

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Your world appears quarantine to me,
as you have sent us for a prescribed period,
depending on the diseases
we have been suffering from,
but I am sorry to say when I came here,
I was just a patient of my instincts,
I don't know how many genetic disorders
gifted by you,
were hidden in my genes,
now I have been caught by many other diseases,
and by now I have died many times in fear
now I am afraid of me in this quarantine,
my phobia is just only one
what if the disorders in me
start reproducing like cats and dogs!

Sunday, August 7, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: fear of self
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Aniruddha Pathak 24 July 2019

To fear is natural, but few fears are real. Unfortunately almost all ailments are psycho-somatic. Mind ails much before the body does, and man becomes the prisoner. Very relevant, this poem Quarantine.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 09 August 2016

Diseases give fear but fear goes away on realizing self in truth. There is no need to fear. Keeping mind in God we can overcome obstacles easily. A very thoughtful sharing this is.....10

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Aarzoo Mehek 07 August 2016

now I have been caught by many other diseases, and by now I have died many times in fear We die innumerable time before dying... Fear of dying itself is a curse. And fear of living is bliss but only for the short span. No way are we happy we always live in fear...Fear of nothing. VEry nice poem Baa jaan.10

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Kelly Kurt 07 August 2016

~As Winston Churchill said: We have nothing to fear but fear itself. But then again, he did not have a phobia.

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