Pakistan First! Poem by Mehreen Tahir

My name,
does not matter.
My religion,
makes no difference.
My caste,
causes divide only.
My province,
only a part of the whole.
My identity,
I am a Pakistani.
My honour and my pride,
the very essence of my being.
I am amongst the very few,
who still care about the freedom nest,
that my country provides for me,
and I ask you,
when you put your country down,
why?
You make a name for yourself,
you protest for your religion,
you shout for your caste,
you fight for your province,
yet you remain silent for your motherland.
Perplexing, it is surely,
but you do not understand.
Sad, in all its brevity,
I still ask you,
to put Pakistan first,
before it is too late!