by Ahmad Gul
The second night
In this alien land
It is June
The day break
At half past three
Comes to mind
My village in deep sleep
The dawn
With cock-a-doodle-do
Chirping
Humming millstones
Cow’s bellowing
As the village wakes up
And here
In this alien land
At dawn
With the fireplace as the witness
I grope
Towards my invisible village