First poem after leaving Chechnya
The first poem of famous Chechen poet Apti Bisultanov after he has to left from his homeland Chechnya.
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Grab your heart with both hands
That old hedgehog
And sew up all its wounds tight
with a cobbler’s awl, like patching boots,
And travel to every point on the compass
And keep silence
At least till the end of life.
May 2002
Apti Bisultanov
