Afghan wounded
Seeking treatment
you medicate...
But you must know
This is a wound
Never to heal
oh doctor...!
Pain now
their nature...

And nature
never changes.
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Poem In Pashto By: Afzal Shauq
Translated in English By: Alley Boling
Book: 'TWIST OF FATES' Poem No.235/Page.306
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