The Sting of Conscience

Others may look forward
to take their retirement, enjoy
their lives as they wish, but

I am looking forward
to another twenty years
for working and progress

No house to spend the summers
from april to november
where can I spent the winters?

More than twenty-five years gone by - friends
who joined government offices
started business or joined in politics

They've already made their fortunes:
good houses, cars, luxuries
bank balances - for me nothing yet.

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poem by Mahmoodul Haque Sayed
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Indelible Memories

Winner of the Writers Unlimited 1995 Honorary Prize
Mississippi, USA

a few miles north from shugonda river
there is a small village named chachair

where lived a good teacher and thinker
who was different from all others

his name was Sayed Abdur Rahman Kala
a truly honest person I have met so far

those who could read
regarded him as a good teacher

poor can't forget
the philanthropic doctor

his education life was short
as he had to work

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