Harmony of millennia <br />Before the advent <br />Of the nation state <br />Display of hatred <br />In utmost form <br />With foaming anger <br />High caps and turbans <br />People waving on sides <br />Both of the divide <br />Relations in blood <br />And water <br />The lovers <br />When thunder struck <br />Amputated <br />The beloveds <br />In cold blood <br />For gold rings <br />The neighbors <br />Turned highway men <br />Raped all women <br />In the dark <br />I need an apology <br />From the rest of humanity <br />From history <br />From providence <br />For we <br />“We who were slain in the dark” <br />1/4/2009<br /><br />Sadiqullah Khan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/discourses-vi-we-who-were-slain-in-the-dark/
