IN BERLIN
 
    IN BERLIN     In Berlin  I filled up forms   Applying for political asylum  But my tears flowed non-stop  And I had to stop writing  When told  I could not go back   Maybe for the rest of my life   The white guy at the Human Rights office  Kept quiet for a long time and kept looking at me   Seeing it was very difficult for me  To let go of my beloved country  Then he asked me  To think carefully  And take time  Until I am very sure of myself  Two weeks later  The world stopped turning  Due to Corvid 19   In Sarajevo   Few weeks later  A vacant Malaysian plane   Took us back to my homeland    ‘Your PM really loves you’  The officer at the empty Butmir airport counter joked with me   ‘Yes, maybe someone knew   I was applying for political asylum in Berlin recently’ I replied  He laughed heartily   While his beautiful blue eyes caressing my face  I joined his laughter   In prayer I touched my forehead to the floor  of the hotel lobby  Used to quarantine us   Oh my God  Maybe that’s wh...