Bina And Bina Poem by Akhtar Jawad

There is a wall between your house and that of mine,
It's too high I listen to your songs but miss your eyes' shine,
Sun is the same moon is the same and same are the stars,
Don't know why our brave brothers always rage the wars,
Winter is too cold for both, springs bring for both the colorful flowers,
We both wear colorful printed cotton suits in the sweats of summers,
The smell of snacks you fry is just like as the smell of snacks I fry,
Rains bring the same message to both of us from the common sky,
Your name is Bina my name is also Bina but meanings are different,
My name means a foresighted one and yours a musical instrument,
Wish us, the teen aged college girls could meet and see the other,
Wish us, could be friends, wish could be a way to free the other,
Yes, we both are prisoners confined in in a cage made of steel,
Breathing in a male dominated society we can only wish and feel,
I know in your house there is a lonely male pigeon in a cage,
Do know in my house there is a lonely female pigeon in a cage,
Come on! Let us open the doors free the birds, say all the best!
Let them be friends and hug each other let them make a nest,
Love and friendship are the birds and our hearts are cages,
Let us open our hearts, free the prisoners encaged since ages.