To the Bosom of My State

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To the Bosom of My State 

Ro Mayyu Ali

RB Poem

April 3, 2018

The world I knew is gone

The people I loved were displaced, Missing, incarcerated and dead

My home is completely gone 

And my life is smashed to nothing

I had to escape to another's hands

Now I survive by aids in the world's largest settlement 

Here I'm quite subjected 

As the prey of the earth nature 

And the the victim of creature misbehave 

Oh! You my state! 

So many things despite, I yearn in you

Perhaps, the bond I have for you is still intact

How my heart beats to dwell in your bosom 

It doesn't only mean I can't live without you. 

It so means none other closer than you for me

In my eyes, it is dream for you

On mind, full thought of changes 

In heart, a bunch of desires 

I can stay away from you.

Never I can be without thinking of you 

I can be exiled from you. 

Can nothing remove you from my heart 

Other's love for you could be in heart

What love I have for you is in my blood 

I love you in any circumstance

I love you, my motherland 

I love you, my Myanmar!