I too want to live...

Mama, why did you forsake me?
Why was I not made part of your life?
Are you worried of what others might say?
Or perhaps I'm just a guilt of your younger days?

Papa, why didn't you stop mama?
Or was it you who told her to throw me away?
Are you afraid that I wouldn't love you still?
Or am I just a burden of your youthful sins?

I lay there by the bin crying my hearts out,
Why wouldn't anyone listen to my hurting bawl?
I'm hungry, I'm in pain can't anyone see?
This agony I feel, all I can do is but scream

As ants cover my body and I choke to breath,
My fate was sealed, anyone please help me
My parents they've forsaken Allah and their future looks grim,
How about the rest of you, do you still believe in Him?

As my body shake for one final time,
Feeling cold and helpless as I lay down to die,
As I close my eyes for my final sleep,
I wish quietly inside that I too want to live...

Munawwir Khan Yusoff Khan