Speak the Truth

  Image courtesy of Guy Davies from the Exiled Preacher Blog 

Speak The Truth 

by

Qumer Rashid  

And you’ll be flagged and imprisoned

This life is caught in the grip of lies.

Human beings are crowing in terror,
While blood sucking monsters
Are on the rampage.

How can this cruelty be called kindness?
How can i write that this disease cures?

Every evening here is one of desolation,
Every road and alley way
Struck by calamity.

With hope in our heart
We searched for a city
Where is that city now
O, my devastated heart,
How can this desert be called a rose garden?
How can i write of this cloud’s silver lining?

O, fellow artists of my home land
Don’t sacrifice your art to darkness,
These people who live in places
All are murderers, 

O, my companions
We have inherited this grief from the past.
How can I write that this grief is new?
Darkness called light .
The hot desert wind called a morning breeze.

Qumer hails from Rawalakot and has always been a distinguished student achieving first class divisions, from his Matriculation to his FSC from the AJ and K Board of Secondary Education in Mirpur. Qamar is dexterous when it comes to Information Technology and software, including Corel Draw and Photoshop amongst many others.  His attention is captured by Management Field visits, research and production, finance and automobiles.