A Poem by Mansoor Osaloo

You and knowledge and love are with me

I was walking in ignorance

You and kiss and kindness are in my mind

Flower and bud and bullet were in my mind

My many loves are interwoven

Loving you

Loving people

Loving God

Loving Love

My love for the Syndicate

With your love for me

What crime we did commit

When we spoke and wrote

We love

How bitter and how sweet it was

Today we were tried, too

On charges of the Syndicate

Moments after moments my dreams grey and at times red

And my shirt is yellow and orange

Now when I am with my people

My shirt is blue

In the color of the workers’ shirt at the Vahed Company

And the dark blue suit

In the color of the drivers’ suit at the Vahed

And how magnificent is it

The moment that they sing the song of birth

The triumphant workers at the Vahed Company