Poem: Decline of Humanity, Poet - Dr. M. Bodrul Alam Shohag (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

Decline of Humanity

Dr. M. Bodrul Alam Shohag

Dhaka, Bangladesh

I can't write anything even when I write.

Crimes against humanity happen in front of my eyes.

I hear the screams of the victims.

I see the rise of the rogue,

I feel the helplessness of the oppressed.

These things shake my conscience.

Still I can't write anything even while writing.

Because I long for a carefree peaceful life,

So I don't want to get into trouble.

These happen before my eyes

And thus in this incident one of my neighbors got infected.

I am frightened.

They show their thumbs to the laws

Of the our peaceful country and commit demonic acts.

I look of vultures in their eyes,

They are carnivores

In the addiction of eating the raw flesh of our mother and sister, they have forgotten all their etiquettes

Swapner Vela Sahitya Patrika (The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine)