Times stammer on the fluency of tongues <br />They have acquired the power of clubs <br />On the wet skins under piercing rays <br />Heads are bound to feet lest they may <br />See stars and dream in early dawn <br />A horse is branded by the heat of iron <br />Iron is clenched on the souls innocent <br />Hands rise in prayers but the skies <br />Their color is changed where resides <br />To the divinity are chores in the universe big <br />For those whose universe in but in tears <br />Will these chests grow to the typhoons <br />The spirit now seeks repose in quiet <br />To face the loved ones is like before a jury <br /> <br />Islamabad <br />Aug 5,2010<br /><br />Sadiqullah Khan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/before-a-jury/
