From India to Britain

You defamed me
Chained my limbs
And poisoned my blood
I choked and struggled
But my limbs were
Stronger than you assumed.

We forced you out
Shattered the chains
And freedom was gained.
But the scar you left
Grew on me unchecked
Like a virus, it spread.

Knowingly yet willingly
You started the forest fire
That neither the seas
Nor the oceans
Could put out
Even now the fire rages.

Those incurable burns eating me
Eating my severed part
Eating my crown that
I so proudly wear
A crown-now the prettiest warzone
That you made it into.

My own part waging
A war against me
Who else should I blame?

- Rizvi Saif