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