The Betrayal

The hunger of wealth, jewels and fame

Led me to betray my motherland

Never did I think of its obligations upon me

Although my fate had the revenge in its hand.

 

I thought I had succeeded all the way

I got the life I was waiting for

The dreams of being filthy rich

Or the wishes I once used to adore.

 

A few days of gain was everything for me

A life like a king knew no bound

Few days looked like years of comfort

But what was in my fate was now too late to be found.

 

In the midst of this all that I can recall

There came a time that I can't forget at all

A turning point in the route of my life

A U-turn that led me to a gigantic fall.

 

The treachery of mine gave its yield

And the awaiting disaster struck me hard

I was hurled away like a broken old toy

Everything was snatched and I was destroyed.

 

I was back to my own, worse than my past

I got completely ruined and was aghast

Nothing did I have to satisfy my gut

I had began to starve until it did last.

 

Within the darkness finally came a ray of light

From the mid of the sea came a shore in sight

I was back to the soil I did betray

But that very soil breathed me my life.

 

Broken was I with the shame in my heart

Lamenting myself all night all day

For betraying a soil that was everything to me

I wanted to state but had nothing to say.

 

But still the land like a mother it was,

Gave my life back like a child long lost

The clear blue sky was the shade I had

The fragrant soil was the mat I got.

 

I regret it now when the time has passed

That I couldn't get it, I couldn't understand

That this divine beauty, the sacred soil

Was nothing much in sight but truly my motherland.

 

by Ahmad Husain Monday, December 29, 2014

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