Will you raze me to the ground?
Send shrapnel through my body
in which you reverence found.
Will you taint my sacred soul
gushing rivers of brethren blood
to let insanity take its toll?
Where does that heart reside
That once flowed fulsome faith?
What prompts those tongues
to desecrate a divine domain?
Who so historically myopic
to not let past prevent?
When will you learn
It’s not me you destroy or defend;
It’s but your humanity within
That seeks but self credence.
9 comments:
آداب عرض
بہت خوب
umda nazm hai
Who wrote that? It's so powerful.
Deb,
Thank you.
Wise words!!!
We tend to grow deaf to them dont we?
Very well written.
GREAT....you captured the sentiment so well...and as indscribe said "It's good poetry"
Nice...
Take care
honestly I didn't understand this because I had no clue what Lal Masjid was, I instinctively compared it to your earlier poem on nova scotia, but after reading the wiki article I finally get it:D.
I think the sentiments expressed here are universal to every institution that is abused.
Now, in 2014 the library in this mosque is named Osama Bin Laden ?!
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