**tribal Ways (The Advent) Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

The tribe of Wazirs in preparation
For the final assault on Mehsud
Both belong in history to Wazir
But renegade Mehsud went separate
Wazirs are the panthers, sleek and graceful
Mehsuds much dangerous like a pack of wolves
Having pushed the Suleiman khel tribe
Occupied the lands in the valley
The hills all the waterways
Huge fortress houses of mud were made
Nomads in character but followed
The chief whoever was capable
The grazing rights were delineated
For some settlement after much bloodshed
Feast of victory with lambs slaughtered
On the drum beat the victorious
Kareem Khoon they say had captured it all
With Musa Nika at the border was the saint
Whose blessings they carried far
Silken turbans of length and light
Shaven necks and beards
With strong ethnic identity
Individual and group
The tribe is the supreme
When more than a century ago
A common house like fort was built
Sprinting in later decades
To other places
20/4/2009