In Search of the Golden Deer
Royal Club for Literature and Peace
In Search of the Golden Deer
By: Sarmin Seema
In Search of the Golden Deer
By: Sarmin Seema
**Date: 12 October 2026
**Country: Bangladesh**
Chasing the golden deer, humanity loses the golden moments within its grasp.
It sees distant possibilities as the moon in the sky,
Yet grows irritated when opportunity knocks at its door!
The opportunity standing at your doorstep today
Is the very dream for which someone else spends sleepless nights.
What you dismiss as insignificant,
May be another person's dawn of hope.
Idleness beneath the moonlight,
Excuses beneath the sun's scorching heat;
Not today, perhaps tomorrow—
And so, life's many dreams remain incomplete.
One day, death will stand at the door,
While unfinished tasks remain behind.
Time will then be like a flowing river;
The lost dawn will never return.
Yet trees still stand, rivers still flow,
Mountains, flowers, and birds still sing.
The rain of mercy still descends,
And nature still calls us to embrace life.
Then why do we kindle the fire of hatred?
Why does a conscience-less civilization boast of its grandeur?
Spreading hatred through words,
Why does humanity summon its own destruction?
Knowledge that teaches no humility,
Progress that fails to protect nature,
Civilization that knows not the path of love
None can truly represent humanity.
Come, let us make use of the opportunities we receive,
Awaken our conscience and spread love.
One tree, one good deed, one act of forgiveness
Let us adorn the world with these.
O humanity, do not lose the flowers in your own courtyard
While chasing the illusion of the golden deer.
Time is limited, but the possibilities of goodness are boundless
Do not delay in loving and caring for this world.
documentation : Waffaa Badarneh
