by Sha Najak, poet/artist

1.04.2006

why do u cry over death?

i look at death
and hate it when we are sad
cos' hell is earth
and to die is not so bad
I shall not be selfish
for there is a mother crying alongside her hungry child

I shall not be selfish
for there is a girl bawling on her lost dignity

I shall not be selfish
for there is an elderly left to grow old alone

I shall not be selfish
for there is one who suffers silently

I shall not be selfish
for i seemed far less minor now