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Poem - A racist’s song- Being blind to the other’s lighthouse, Poetess - Shah Jehan Ashrafi (Canada)

Swapner Vela Sahitya Patrika (The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine) is a Bilingual magazine in which Bengali and English literature are published from Aurangabad, MSD, W.B. Editor - Md Ejaj Ahamed

20 Mar, 2026

A racist’s song- Being blind to the other’s lighthouse

Shah Jehan Ashrafi (Canada)

The other is a strange shadow residing

In incomprehensible cultures, rules, traditions

And religions.

I wish to inhabit my safe space.

I don’t want to wonder in the other’s mind or emotions.

The other’s philosophy is not my cup of tea.

Empathy is demanding, it will drain me.

I can’t let go of my ego’s tentacles and I feed my prejudices.

I’m a perfect eccentric who lives

in a self-centred island.

I live in a boat and I’m blind to the other’s lighthouse.

I own my sea and I’m not part of the vast ocean.

©®Shah Jehan Ashrafi

Swapner Vela Sahitya Patrika (The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine) is a Bilingual magazine in which Bengali and English literature are published from Aurangabad, MSD, W.B. Editor - Md Ejaj Ahamed

Swapner Vela Sahitya Patrika (The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine) is a Bilingual magazine in which Bengali and English literature are published from Aurangabad, MSD, W.B. Editor - Md Ejaj Ahamed

Swapner Vela Sahitya Patrika (The Raft of Dreams Literary Magazine) is a Bilingual magazine in which Bengali and English literature are published by Md Ejaj Ahamed from Aurangabad, Murshidabad, W. B, India

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