Lame Excuses Poem by Akhtar Jawad

You are looking for a lame excuse
to smile,
to show you are happy,
by a false laughter,
to make others laugh!

You are looking for a lame excuse
to be vanished somewhere,
being tied in threads of your ego,
beating the drums of frustrations,
to convince the others!

You are looking for a lame excuse
by exposing your pains,
to the others,
to get support of others,
to bring tears in their eyes!

You are looking for a lame excuse
to justify you,
telling reasons why you are right,
why others are wrong,
and that you are so simple!

You are looking for a lame excuse
To veil yourself in lies,
to get support of others,
to escape safely,
and to smile on the narrow escape!

You are looking for a lame excuse
hiding yourself in a veil of religions,
to conceal your cheating,
getting relieved of responsibilities,
to be known as religious scholar!

How long you'll search that,
who you say is responsible for the wrongs,
it all has been done by you,
and your words!

A chance is still there,
live with the truth,
no regrets to follow,
with ambitions and optimism!