Elusive Nymph by Shamsud Ahmed - HTML preview

I NEVER SAW

I never saw the snowflakes,

I have never been to the peaks,

I never saw the ocean,

Never been to a land where it resides.

The River - my companion,

Never saw the foundation,

I hope to see the end some day

Cause I plan to see the sea

I never saw those eyes,

But I know the fear within;

Of loss and hardship,

When they sail the warship.

I never know that language,

But I can feel the odium;

I am the kill today,

Few more breadths, if escaped.

I will never see the snowflakes,

Nor the Ocean;

The River – Not my chum now;

In this tiny cell – my home now.

Waiting for my turn in isolation,

Darkness sometimes makes you look inside,

Sometimes makes you gather courage;

Courage to die, don’t even know the time and age.