Poetry

The Greatest Holy War

Yahya Naqvi

It’s against temptation Ultimate fight with Satan. Protection for the time when… I’ll be harnessed for Nitrogen Fixation By creatures of decomposition.

Yahya Naqvi

Me against myself
The choices I make
With the cards I’m dealt

Battle to block out id, ego, superego
Mistakes harm us wherever we go
As aimless fish in the stream go
Cruising, unwilling to move turbo
Under pressure, a free-throw
Like the arrogant pharaoh, we boast
Honestly, what do we know?

It’s against temptation
Ultimate fight with Satan
Protection for the time when…
I’ll be harnessed for Nitrogen Fixation
By creatures of decomposition

Back and forth, a constant tussle
An effort to build my spiritual muscle
Live through pain, survive through struggle
Like sprinting 110 meter hurdles

An enemy unwilling to go down
In the ultimate showdown

The greatest holy war
With demons of my chore

 

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