Poem -22
Fighting Back
By Rafiya Syeed
In this Arundhati Roy’s fascistic world
I steal a moment of Wordsworth’s solitude,
to shield from the explosion of AI that is
like a Tharoor’s agathokakological figure.
Gibran’s truth has lost its temper,
wisdom doesn’t stay in the brain corner.
Fake news is the newfangled literature,
pen is lost in the pandemonium of reels.
To protect Shahid’s space of wilderness,
I walk down the Frost’s less travelled road,
that hides me in Carroll’s rabbit hole
to lit Maya’s light from within and rise.
~ Rafiya Sayeed – Educator & Poet
Hailing from Sopore, Rafiya Sayeed is a Gold Medalist in Zoology from Kashmir University. For the past fifteen years, she has been dedicated to nurturing young minds, working passionately with schoolchildren.
A poet at heart since childhood, she writes English poetry and also composes lullabies and children’s songs in Kashmiri and Urdu. Her work has been featured on various online literary platforms, reflecting her deep love for poetry. She remains committed to her creative journey and looks forward to becoming a published author.
