Of all the millions
Why choose him?
Are there no others
Even if you don’t know them?
And what did he do when we had him?
Did he bring a revolution?
Change?
Of course, of course
We wish him well,
Even to be free.
But
There are so many buts.
We have to be realistic.
They plan to stay
And can.
They are not perfect
But I hear they mean well
Even if a bit stupid and stubborn,
A bit rough when they shouldn’t be,
Have made a mess of things.
But
They will work things out
Hopefully
And hope is all we have.
And he is that hope
Not an angel but relatively
Yes, an angel for us
Compared to all the others
And who are we?
Just the poor, the young,
The weak and exploited,
The vast majority.
Does that mean anything?
Not really.
Not today.
Some day?
How long is he going to be around?
Forever
In our hearts and hopes.
He’ll outlast them.
We’ll outlast them.
Pakistan will outlast them.
Poet: Former Ambassador Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
