Different By Choice Poem by Afzal Shauq
Different By Choice
See the sky
like a roof over
our the heads
covering the earth.
The same earth
under our feet.
Running with water
from which we drink
empting into the oceans
touching all the land.
The air we breath...
The colors of the seasons...
The crawling insects...
The animals...
even the birds...
Everywhere the same.
Those lives ruled by nature
seem truly contented.
Only human beings
are discontented.
Always fighting with each other
We are the misfit
in natures order.
Choosing the way of brutality
like animals gone mad.
We are no better than them.
We hunt...
Killing our fellow man
Forgetting our humanity
refusing to better ourselves
to live in peace and happiness.
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Poem In Pashto By: Afzal Shauq
Translated in English By: Alley Boling
Book: 'TWIST OF FATES' Poem No.296/Page.370
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© Afzal Shauq
Different By Choice refusing to better ourselves to live in peace and happiness. what a great poem Afzal! indeed it recites the Bitter Reality! by instinct animals mastering the art of balanced living...///
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/4/2024 10:37:57 AM # 1.0.0.1119
wow. that was the coolest poem, when you said different be choice, i thought you were going to go another way. loved the suprise of the way you went with this poem because everything you said was true. the way you compared people to an animal. it true sometimes we are no better than them with the things we do and the choices we make. loved the intro, and the how you gotten to the main point. just made everything else seem so powerful throughout the poem.