Monday, April 26, 2021

Is this human born || Ishak Mahmud

 I have a mother, yes we have a mother

But-

The child that the mother lost on the day of birth,

He also had a mother, or-

That child rises from the sewer or pile of dirt

He lost his old mother and came to his new mother's lap

He also had a mother, maybe still has.

If I have 'mother', I become a name

Who has or had no mother,

Maybe someone who still has a mother unknowingly,

He and I had the same definition

We humans are born.


But-

To this society, except me and us

Whose mother died after birth; and-

Whose mother is left in the sewers, drains, piles of garbage

Their definition has changed!

Society has given me a civilized name

He who has no mother has given him a helpless name

The one whose mother has left him is given a vulgar name

I, we and they are born human

A man, an orphan

I got the reputation of being a 'bastard'

Is this the success of human birth?


Poem:  Is this human born

 Poet: Ishak Mahmud 


26.04.2021