Rumi Never Had An Ant Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

Rumi never had an ant

I claim and insist
Never ants were Rumi's.

Observant he saw things clear
Or gathered stories of the past
Then retold to teach us of the life:
'Hey people leave the rooms
Don't stay at the depths of your well
Do not shut the doors to your brains as cellars! '

He speaks of a leaf on current,
On the leaf in trip is an ant…helm-less-ship!
And it shouts: 'Hey people world ended…'

Another story sounds funny
'Want Enab, want Ozoom; want Angoor'
Said three labourers for the lunch,
First spoke Arabic, then Turkish, third Farsi
They wanted to have it with bread and the cheese…

Insists this
Insists that
Also last!
Like the ant; limited
In knowledge of the world
And aware of the cell…
Starts fight
Wrestle, punch…

Comes to go passerby
Talks with all and tries to stop.
He smiles: 'End this war!
All of you want the same
What you want is 'Grape! '
Want the same but tongues are different.'

Let us learn my dears
This is us in our time
We all want peace and joy, safety,
We want to live happy but dumbly,
Unaware of right words, always fight.