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Contemporary World Literature: A Poem from Bangladesh

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A Poem from Bangladesh

By Faruk Ahmed Roni

ContemporaryWorldLiterature-Bangladesh- Faruk-Ahmed-Sindh CourierFaruk Ahmed Roni, hailing from Bangladesh is a poet and writer living in London. He is the founder and editor of the Global Poet and Poetry and Shikor Web Portal and Facebook Group. In this poem Faruk Ahmed mourns the killing of innocent Palestinians in recent Israeli attacks.

The Church, Mosque and the Wall

I dreamed Jesus last night, the fire on the gate of Golgotha,

His soul wandering yet searching the last breath

Abraham at the bloody door of heaven welcoming for long

Gaza blasting!

The wall parting in pieces

The mosque polluted with toxic gas

The church submerged between sweat-blood,

Jerusalem trembling…

Issac in interrogation by the Almighty!

Oh, children of Adam, oh children of Abraham,

Oh, children of Issac

Let not bath in your own blood!

I was crying at loud, and again

I was battling in the nightmare,

My voice choked,

Oppressed under rocket attack

I dip in the blood of my four children

Were cuddled on my arm,

Were embraced my heart.

I swamped in bloody Mediterranean Sea

Black sea, Red Sea

And the vast ocean of my heart!

I am tired,

The inhuman reaction,

Burning like erupted volcano in me,

A fragile and feeble effigy!

Oh, my dwelt brotherhood

Why antisemitism against the humanity

In the name of religion

My children did not know the hatred

What religion form?

But they learnt religion confound with

Peace, love, compression and fondness.

They did not learn phobia or enmity!

Thus began long before the crucified.

Christianity, Islam and Judaism,

The Quran, Torah and Bible

The identity of Abraham, thus Adam

And the last end with Mohammed.

Let’s raise your hands toward humankind

For humanity,

Bury the disputed history

Let’s live in a peaceful civilization

Let’s not dive into our own blood!

Hail the humanity.

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