Realization
Poem
| Binazir Sankibayeva | Issue 154 (Jul - Aug 2023)
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Revelation has come to liberate me
From the power of sin
That’s been integrated
As a standard of norm
As a power of hope
To restore justice in the world
Kingdom and power
All they devour
Assuming this life is eternal
False promises are all what they’ve heard of
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