Come let us create a new lexicon <br />Wherein is inserted before each word <br />Its meaning that we do not like <br />And let us swallow like bitter potion <br />The truth of a reality that is not ours. <br />The water of life bursting forth from this stone <br />Takes a course not determined by us alone <br />We who are the dying light of a derelict garden <br />We who are filled with the wounded pride of self delusion <br />We who have crossed the limits of self praise <br />We who lick each of our wounds incessantly <br />We who spread the poisoned chalice all around <br />Carrying only hate for the other <br />On our dry lips only words of disdain for the other <br />We do not fill the abyss within ourselves <br />We do not see that which is true before our own eyes. <br />We have not redeemed ourselves yesterday or today <br />For the sickness is so dear that we do not seek to be cured <br />But why should the many hued new horizon <br />Remain to us distant and unattainable <br />So why not make a new lexicon <br />If we emerge from this bleak abyss <br />Only the first few footsteps are hard <br />The limitless expanses beckon us <br />To the dawning of a new day <br />We will breathe in the fresh air <br />Of the abundant valley that surrounds us <br />We will cleanse the grime of self loathing from our faces. <br />To rise and fall is the game time plays <br />But the image reflected in the mirror of time <br />Includes our glory and our accomplishments <br />So let us raise our sight to friendship. <br />And thus glimpse the beauty in every face <br />Of every visitor to this flower filled garden <br />We will encounter 'potentials' <br />A word in which you and me are equal <br />Before which we and they are the same <br />So come let us create a new lexicon.<br /><br />Fahmida Riaz<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/come-let-us-create-a-new-lexicon/
