Poem For A Night And A Nation
By Jehangir Saleh
Written:  November 12, 2004

Though we are made hard
And I believe that there is no hope
Let me sit and listen to voices
That say they are wise
And tell me to believe

If you read this poem and you think
It is a bad poem
You’re probably right
If it were a poem
But it is a cure

Tonight is thick black silence
And the world is full of terrible things
Most of them already inside

There is nothing to do but wait
And not resist

I believe that one day the sun will rise
And followers like me will feel redeemed

But until that day comes
There is not possible world like this one
There is not man a brave as me
For a sit here
Writing a poem
Knowing I will die
And still writing

How many can say as much