TagSafwan Akbar

Poem: My Personal Jihad

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In the bombarding trenches of a lawless society Dodging bullets of obscenity and vulgarity Everyday of my attenuate life With much struggle and strife Fighting in a war against greed and banal lust The smoke and lure of seduction so thick Enough to make you lose focus, with the hell fires steaming below your feet Blinded, on which road to choose Journeying through this treacherous terrain The...