Wednesday Poem

Speak

Now is the time to speak
Lips not sealed
Body unbroken
Blood coursing still
Through your veins

Now is the time to speak
Look
The iron glows red
Like your blood
The chain lies open
Like your lips

Now is the time to speak

Speak
For the tide of life runs out

Speak
For truth and honor shall not wait

Speak
Say all that needs to be said today

by Anjum Altaf
from
Transgressions- Poems inspired by Faiz Ahmed Faiz
LG Publishers, 2019