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Tarannum Riyaz

Limits of Patience

Do not drive me
beyond my patience
have you not seen the signs?  

For quite some time now
I have been sitting
on a heap of gunpowder
with a fire raging inside me
which I have kept under control with much effort
as I do not wish you to get burnt

Stop now
and be careful
lest the world that you and I have built
explode and go up in flame!

LIMITS OF PATIENCE

Tarannum  Riyaz

Tarannum Riyaz

(India, 1963)

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LIMITS OF PATIENCE

Limits of Patience

Do not drive me
beyond my patience
have you not seen the signs?  

For quite some time now
I have been sitting
on a heap of gunpowder
with a fire raging inside me
which I have kept under control with much effort
as I do not wish you to get burnt

Stop now
and be careful
lest the world that you and I have built
explode and go up in flame!
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