SURVIVOR by Maung Abdul Khan In the battlefield I am a survivor On the sand I am a traveller alone, surviving painful heat. On the sampan, in the risky waves, I am a traveller surviving. Under the rain, I am a traveller umbrella-less surviving. In the noise, I am a traveller feeling alone in the crowd, searching the deep breath of peace. This poem was first published in James Byrne & Shehzar Doja (eds), 2019, ‘I am a Rohingya: Poetry from the camps and beyond’, Arc Publications. It is reproduced with the permission of the author, Maung Abdul Khan. 2