BYSTANDERS

Today,
As a silent bystander,
With no grief, no fear,
I forbid my ears to hear
The burning cries of blood;

Tomorrow,
When the shining face of Truth
                                                  appears,
In mourning for yesterday’s broken
Black I will wear.

 

Mahmud Kianush

 


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