Would You Write? Poem by Dr Kamran Haider Bukhari

Hold on for a second
Before writing a single word on this page
Hold on my dear so called poet
Hold on

My love, my pain
The strife, the gain
Or the world behind my eyes
What would you write?

Would you metaphorize my paining self?
Or would just add a little spice of fake fantasies
I can’t figure out, how should I survive?
And here you are marketing your heart for nothing

Dear poet of my own self
You are talking to deaf and dumb
Even yourself seem a hypocrite
You might be a good orator
But here money is the best expression
You might know how to love
But here love is sold in pennies
You think you can change the world
When you are not allowed to change your own self

I know, you won’t stop
Would keep on living a dual life
Would continue writing your heart on paper
Though all the time you know
It’s the futility in disguise