By Zubair Nazeer
Can you sow the seeds of hope?
This garden is so fertile yet barren
Can you fetch a drop of water?
This ocean is so deep yet dry
Can you share a loaf of bread?
This country is so resourceful yet poor
Can you spread a word of wisdom?
This society is so educated yet illiterate
Can you teach how to be humble?
This man is so empty yet arrogant.
Can you show a door of humanity?
This world is so full of humans yet inhuman
Life is not as hopeless as it looks.
Can you sow the seeds of hope?
Zubair Nazeer is a Junior Research Fellow and Political Science Teacher at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He can be reached at [email protected]
Powerful contrast to question the possibilities of sowing seeds of hope. Nice attempt to summarise our society.
A beautiful work as expected. Each verse a soft lament yet a big blow!