Poem Reflects on Societal Decay and Political Betrayal

Birds did not return to the nest,
Even though the chicks cried,
The trees looked sad,
Flowers did not bloom.
The deer was distracted,
After the lamb got caught in the hunter's net.

The ocean of compassion has dried up,
Humanity is continuously being torn apart.
Cruelty has crossed its limits,
Man has become tyrannical.
The humanity within man has died,
Man laughs heartily at death.

The sun is crying,
Fearing an eclipse.
The earth laments,
After suffering the blows of an earthquake.
Days could not become a protective shield,
Even when infants were killed prematurely,
Consciousness has already been lost.
Man lunges at death in a semi-conscious state.

Carrying the frustration of seeking salvation,
Man frequents temples.
Touching meaningless faces,
Considering stones as gods,
The frustrations of life
Are offered before the gods,
To receive the boon of solace.

I knew,
A stone cannot become a god.
Seeing your blindness,
The so-called gods are laughing,
Peeking through the eaves of the temple.
You drag a cursed life,
You are not worthy of receiving a boon,
Do not shed tears for absolution from sin.

You are a cruel ruler
Who believes in massacre.
Hanging patriots,
You honor traitors.
While the country cries at the border,
You pretend to be asleep,
And seek refuge at the feet of the encroacher.
You have no nationalism,
Nor national identity.
You are not a servant,
You are a slave,
Decorating the courtyard of the imperialist.

We are seeking freedom,
We are searching for the lost country.
Thousands of citizens
Made stateless,
Do not keep them in refugee camps.
We are seeking
The right to citizenship that descendants receive.