You have grown in certain techniques <br />I lagged because I did not consider them worthy <br />You scored <br />You branded <br />You added <br />Morality <br />And value judgment <br />On conduct <br />Ways and means of living <br /> <br />And robbed the continents <br />Dug treasures and sold them <br />In the name of spice trade <br /> <br />You brought certain knowledge <br />Of post Newtonian era <br />To which I too was a contributor <br /> <br />Then you handed over the banner <br />After much malice <br />To people of the new world <br /> <br />I am standing in front <br />Of nature and jungles and lands <br />Devoured by you <br /> <br />I discover my own eloquence <br />And language <br />And culture <br />And civilization <br />Much richer past <br />Much promising future <br />I am learning from you <br />How to make a nuclear bomb <br />3/11/2009<br /><br />Sadiqullah Khan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/orientalism-ii-dialogue-ensues/
