Inner Voices
written by: Mohammed Arshad Amin
I see the child I was
Small and forgotten
His voice didn’t echo
Not through walls
Not through people.
A mattress in the back room
The door never really opened again.
You were always in the kitchen
Always doing something
But never that one thing protecting me.
She was sixteen, I was seven
You let it happen.
Now I understand what silence can hide
The bruises you covered
The terror you swallowed.
But I was a child
You were afraid
You let fear win
And in that war,
I was the casualty.
Sometimes, I am angrier with you than with him
You saw the fire and left me in the smoke.
Mohammed Arshad Amin, a professional teacher, a budding poet who faced racism by the Myanmar government. Writing poetry is his passion and a famed person as Rohingya, one of the persecuted people from Myanmar. He's the author of four poetry books: "Rhythms of The Heart", "No More Refugee Life", “No More Struggle” and “No More Silence” which are the reality of refugee surviving poems & heartbroken poems and a co-author of many anthologies. His main urge is to be an erudite person to illuminate upcoming generations and to be a renowned poet and so he has been writing poetry since 2018. In addition, he has a hunger for tourism. But now he has been surviving in the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh since August, 2017.
Latest posts by Mohammed Arshad Amin (see all)
- Inner Voices - February 26, 2026
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- Not Ours To Keep - January 9, 2025
