Tell me how painful it’s when we all die. 

Is it more painful than life made me cry? 

I am not living; don’t ask me why. 

Too many shadows are passing me by. 

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Dreaming every night, in dreams, I’m free. 

I know now that  I’m different from me! 

The I is childish, joyful with glee. 

His life is painful and trapped within me. 

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I am the water seeking the sea. 

Hoping to find it, yet I can’t see. 

Where is this sea that I want to see? 

I might be the sea; how do I see? 

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 Free in my mind, I sing like a bird. 

All day and all night, trying to be heard. 

No one can hear since fear is here. 

Nothing seems real; life is too blurred. 

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 Who is the person behind my eyes? 

Who is the driver that drives and tries? 

The man is drunken, wasted my life. 

He is constantly wearing disguise. 

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Tell me the answer: Why can’t I fly? 

In my dreams, I can fly in the sky. 

What is real, and what is the dream? 

If I cannot fly, then I want to die. 

6/30/2021 

Rubaiyat