Behind the fort of my comfort
I said 'Sun will rise'.
While forest raged with fire,
I couldn't face the demon's eyes.
'Sun must rise, sun must rise'
I repeated lazily as the day grew.
My courtiers fed and quenched me.
A stupid lion roared at flames,
they danced to the music of air.
I chuckled and waited for the sun.
The sun rose and it was
Far behind the mountain.
I also saw a dead lion.
Then I saw. I had had all the power
Only I turned blind eye to faith.
Discarded as myth
When lion guarded my nights.
Harm was done.
I took oath and set to regrow
The burnt forest.
It grew too. A beautiful green beast.
Only my nights lacked the roar
Of the brave dead lion.
-by Khaja Arshad Jamal
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The Hideouters : Volume 1
Aléatoire(Cue background score : Eye of the tiger) In a world where Manan fanfics and Pokémon romances commit atrocities in the minds of the readers. One Journal must embark on a mission to save the literary world from the vagaries of life. This lone journa...
