A Trio

Sumera Saleem

January 11, 2021

1) One Special Day

Rising of every sun brings back to the earth its soul,

Every time it rises, raises the bar of gold

On the shadowy shoulder of mixed, mad rainbow,

Spread like a colour bridge over crisp land and

Across the waves, crashing against our deaf ears

Fed with news till better angels sing for fun

Reminding us that the world belongs to everyone or none.

2) Joe Biden’s Inaugural Speech

I am bent on bending the universe a bit or lot more,

Have my back, and I’ll have yours.

3) Vision in 2021

To work together is also a choice.

It marks our only possibility of power.

You can drive on, not a mile alone

But hundreds together.

Sumera Saleem is a lecturer in the Department of English Language and Literature, the University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Gold medalist in English literature from the University of the Punjab, and former sub-editor in the Department of English, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. She has published poems in national and international literary magazines.