I am trapped in a jungle of voices <br />In which I cannot spread my wings <br />Even so, you insist that I take flight <br />You will not set me free <br />And are so offended by my point of view <br />That you stitch my eyelashes closed <br />You insist that I must explain the weather <br />Terrorise my feet with echoes of chains <br />You say that my desire to be free <br />Is too much for your precious jungle <br />Yet you set fire to the boat carrying my feelings <br />Surround this sea of feeling with desert sand <br />But listen! <br />Whatever happens ... <br />Suffocation, torture, desert or jungle <br />This prisoner breathes <br /> <br />[Translated by Nukhbah Langah and Lavinia Greenlaw]<br /><br />Noshi Gilani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/this-prisoner-breathes/
