on the top of things
there is a hole a hole
is a good thing said
the rabbit a rabbit is
a good thing said the
singer the singer is a
good thing said the
nation the nation is
a good thing? asked
the people is it?
what is good? Good
is good said the rabbit
said the singer said the
people but
what about me? said
the nation a hole
is a good thing said
the hole but what
about me said the nation
come into me
said the hole I have space
but I am Afghanistan
said the nation
I have space for all said
the hole come into me
rabbit come into me singer
come into me people I have
space will I find my way back
said the rabbit no said the hole
and I said the singer will
I sing again under the sun
no said the hole but I have
space and me said the people
will we live again as one
no said the hole but I
have space come into me
I will come said the nation
come then said the hole
come into blackness I have
space and Afghanistan did and got lost
on the top of things
are a hole of darkness a rabbit on the move
a singer in light and
a people as one
but Afghanistan
Afghanistan is gone
—
We participated in a a writing workshop for male refugees, and were tasked with writing a text containing four individually given words. We had 30 minutes.
The words for this piece were: Rabbit, Afghanistan, Get Lost and Singer. Later Afghanistan was replaced with Nation to give the poem a broader extent and international application.
But following the return of Afghanistan’s new leaders to olden ways the original gained new relevance.
Now there are two versions: The international version and the original one above. Three, if you count the translation into Danish.
[English Intl. Version] [Dansk]