Reason Poem by Usman Hanif

grab the potion, break the charms
lets win the war that way
keep the motion, raise the alarms
listen to what i want to say

when there was none left to defeat
we killed the smile, left no creed
we ruined our own town
we left no reason to frown

we won the wars, and we lost 'em
we set them on the fire
their screams, houses left to mend
we fulfilled our desire

trembling hands and flickering flames
pasted our history in darkening frames
all of them lost n found
we left no reason to frown

we ate the flesh of our own kind
drank the blood of fallen behind
made their ribs our birds'cage
the time we spent in stone-age

then beasts came and tamed us
we were forlorn, we made no fuss
we died in our own town
we left no reason to frown...

16-12-2007