Me Or The World? Poem by Afzal Shauq

I wonder
if people around me
could escape
by the hand of chance
or by their own designs
the pain of seeing things
out of the circle
of self interest

then why me
a poet
a traveler
was doomed
to see things
in entirety of whole world
with men in it

and then
having to bear
at my individuality
an absence of me
within my body
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Titla of Poem in Pashto: ZEH KA JEHAN..?
Poem In Pashto By: Afzal Shauq
Translated in English By: Nazish Zafar
Book: 'BRIDGING THE GAPS' /Page.153
PDF files: http: //khyber.org/books/ashauq/index.shtml
Poet's weblog: www.tolafghan.com/members/afzalshauq
© Afzal Shauq