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Realization

Poem
| Binazir Sankibayeva | Issue 154 (Jul - Aug 2023)

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Realization

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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