My 21st Birthday(3rd April)

1.    Every one in the world

Whose birthday’s today

Inviting all friends

Holding legendary parties

Cutting the cake

Parents are feeding

Friends are wishing

‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY’ melodiously

Enjoying it cheerfully

And ending auspiciously….

2.    But, I (a Rohingya) have

Non stop discriminated martial law

No such just security personals (militaries)

No one receiving my invitation

No place to celebrate party

No friends wishing ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY’

No parents feeding birthday cake

No intention of birthday comes up

No painter decorating my destination

No psychosocial worker counseling me…

3.    During the last year

To tell the truth

No movement permission I got

No money I could earn

No class I could attend

No entertainment I could enjoy

No game I could play

No restaurant I could sit

No mosque I could go

No aid I could touch

4.    During the last year

Many were raped and killed

Many were shot and chopped

Many were burnt alive in flames

Many were incarcerated

Many were kept in thirst and hunger

Many were drowned into tumultuous sea

Many were under arrest

Many were moved to IDP camps

And the rest are in death hall

5.    During the last year

Ethnic-cleansing made my student life wasted

Martial-law imprisoned me in open prison

Arson fire made my memory dumb

Forces bullets made my ears deaf

Rakhines blades made my eyes blind

Arakan authority made my heart traumatized

Myanmar government made my life lame

Local Buddhism made my expectations destroyed

Su Kyi’s quietness made community hopeless

6.    How can I be you?

In this advanced century 21^st

And at the age 21^st

Any one in the world

Has ever faced as me?

However … I am always praying

Whole heartedly and with hope

Thinking I’m in your heart

Telling ‘HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL’

May all birthdays be happy!

May my next-birthday be happy!

7.    My all dear birth mates …

Those whose birthdays fall today

And ending the day cheerfully

And Holding the party legendarily

Let’s share mine equally too!!!

Let’s stand for justice jointly

Let’s try to celebrate together

Let’s feel all the same

Let’s find a suitable solution

Let’s treat Rohingyas as human

Azaad Bin Arakan

(Born on 3^rd April 1990)