NOTEBOOKS

NOTEBOOKS

YOUR COUNTRY, YOUR POLITICS
                            BY

                     BINA SHARIF

copyright: binasharif 2019

NAJMA:

YOU ARE BY YOURSELF
YOU ARE ALONE
ALL ALON BY YOURSELF
YOU HAVE NO COUNTRY
YOU HAVE NO POLITICS
YOU HAVE NO RELIGION
YOU CAN FEEL WHATEVER YOU WANT TO FEEL

RANI:

YOU DON'T AHVE TO FEEL POWERLESS
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL POOR
WHY?
WHY MUST YOU FEEL THAT PARTICULAR FEELING?
SINCE YOU HAVE NO COUNTRY
NO POLITICS
NO RELIGION
YOU CAN FEEL ANY FEELING THAT YOU WANT
YOU CAN FEEL POWERFUL
VERY POWERFUL
WHY NOT?

NAJMA:

YOU CAN FEEL RICH INSTED
YOU CAN EVEN FEEL SUCCESSFUL
VERY SUCCESSFUL
AND WHY NOT?

NEELAM:

THERE IS NO ONE WHO CARES HOW YOU FEEL
NO ONE CARES IF YOU FEEL OR DON'T FEEL
THERE IS NO COUNTRY
NO POLITICS
NO RELIGION
NO FAMILY
NO HOME

RANI:

YOU FEEL FREE
FREE AND POWERFUL
FREEDOM IS POWER
THE ONLY POWER
THE COMPLETE POWER
AND WITH THAT POWER
YOU CAN FEEL THE SKY
THE MOON
THESUN
THE AIR
THE EARTH

NEELAM:

YOU CAN FEEL WHAT OTHERS DON'T FEEL
YOU CAN FEEL WHAT OTHERS CAN'T FEEL
YOU CAN FEEL THE LIGHTNESS
LIGHTNESS OF THE LACK OF POSSESSIONS
LIGHTNESS OF HAVING NO COUNTRY
NO POLITICS
NO RELIGION
NO HOME
NO COUNTRY
YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO FEEL POWERLESS

NAJMA:
YOU CAN FEEL POWERFUL
VERY, VERY POWERFUL
WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO IMPRESS BY FEELING POOR?
BY FEELING NOTHING?
BY ALL MEANS FEEL SOMETHING
FEEL POWERFUL
THERE IS NOTHING MORE POWERFUL THAN POWER ITSELF
FEEL THE POWER
DON'T FEEL ABOUT THE POWERFUL

RANI:

THEY DON'T CARE HOW YOU FEEL
THEY DON'T CARE FOR YOUR FEELINGS
THEY DON'T CARE HOW YOU FEEL
THEY DON'T EVEN CARE IF YOU EXIST OR NOT
THEY DON'T CARE FOR YOU
THEY DON'T BOTHER ABOUT YOUR EXISTENCE
THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS

NEELAM:

SO WHY DO YOU TRY TO IMPRESS THEM?
TRY TO IMPRESS THEM B Y FEELING POWERLESS?
WHY DO YOU WANT TO OBEY THOSE WHO ARE UN-AWARE OF YOUR EXISTENCE?
WHY MUST YOU OBEY THEM WHO WANTS YOU TO BE IN THAT POSITION OF POWERLESSNESS WHICH PLEASES THEM?
WHY MUST YOU WANT TO PLEASE THEIR CHOICES THEY HAVE MADE ABOUT YOU?
YOUR UNKNOWN POWERLESSNESS TO YOURSELF MAKES THEM MORE POWERFUL
THEY HAVE TAKEN SO MUCH POWER ALREADY
THEY HAVE GRABBED SO MUCH POWER ALREADY
WHY MUST YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM MORE?

RANI:

WHY MUST YOU TRY TO SATISFY. JUSTIFY THEIR BEHAVIOR TOWARDS ALL THE MILLIONS THEY HAVE DECLARED POWERLESS ALREADY WITHOUT KNOWING THEIR NAMES, THEIR ORIGON, , THEIR POLITICS, THEIR AMBITION, THEIR DESIRES, THEIR DESTINY, THEIR BIRTH?

NAJMA:

WHY MUST YOU JUSTIFY THEIR SELF GRATIFICATION BY GRANTING THEM SATISFACTION ADMITTING THAT YOU ARE IN OBEYANCE OF THEM?
THEY ARE NOT YOUR MASTERS
YOUR PARENTS
YOUR UNCLES
YOUR AUNTS
YOUR FRIENDS
YOUR NEIGHBORS EVEN...
YOU HAVE NONE OF THOSE
NO COUNTRY
NO POLITICS
NO RELIGION
NO HOME