"Humayan"

Little Humayan Khan always tried to act so tough
but as he looked around the refugee camp that day
tears came to his young eyes and wouldn't go away

That was many years ago and now Humayan is grown
but he has never ever forgotten that dreadful place
and now he is reminded by a little refugee boy's face

Humayan learned a lot being forced to flee his home
that knowledge is the only possession you really keep
and that a Pashtun never knows where he might sleep

Life is a gamble for a Pashtun in Pakistan and Afghanistan
he knows that it's uncertain that he will even see tomorrow
as he remembers what was once his own childhood sorrow



*Dedicated to an Afghan friend living in Pakistan with a heart of a gold and a thirst for knowledge who I admire alot :)