(dedicated to the Palestinians) <br /> <br />you stand grim <br />on hopeless victims <br />you dance grotesque <br />on helpless corps <br /> <br />the doctrines were learned <br />change and make you full of hatred <br />the dogmas were preached <br />change and make you full of greed <br /> <br />how dare you become destroyer? <br />how dare you kill creature? <br />how dare you spread fear? <br />how dare you pour terror? <br /> <br />why your eyes can't hear <br />the scream of those women? <br />why your eyes can' see clear <br />the blood of those children? <br /> <br />I feel it's not your ears <br />which def but your hearts <br />I feel it's not your eyes <br />which blind but your senses <br /> <br />was Moses teaching you <br />to attack civilization? <br />was Aaron guiding you <br />to break affection? <br /> <br />why are all the leaders mute? <br />why are all the doors shut? <br />wake up and send troop <br />to defend land of hope <br /> <br />do we need Federico Garcia Lorca now? <br />do we need Martin Luther King, Jr now? <br />do we need Florence Nightingale now? <br />do we need Sultan Saladin now? <br /> <br />I feel only God <br />who can punish you <br />I pray to God <br />to stop evil in you <br /> <br />go fight for freedom! <br />challenge for wisdom! <br />stand up for human rights! <br />May God give us all peace! <br /> <br />(with deepest sadness for the Palestinians' victims)<br /><br />Ahmad Shiddiqi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-true-story-of-massacre-near-new-year/
