I WAS FINALLY FRAMED

I WAS FINALLY FRAMED, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

for the faults
of my forefathers
i was unduly blamed
on an inheritance
of ambiguous
heritage i have
no claims
moghul pathan
hindu shia
part sunni
part shia
beggar poet
so many
names
i was
defamed
unduly
shamed
i am what
i am not
my notoriety
to fame
what you
made me
in your
myopic mind
i unduly became
the essence of
wordless poetry
unduly same
a picture
within a picture
unduly framed