by Wahab ibn Hassan | |
Published on: Sep 7, 2011 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
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Our brethren Jumped in frenzy Celebrating victory For shedding the blood Of their own blood. Our habitats and the pens and hencoops And all means of livelihoods Lay in desolation. Yet vengeance never reversed harm In the history of human world. This poem pleads you: Sow no seeds of sedition. For they germinate missiles and cannons Which cast terror upon your hearts And raze to the ground What you and your predecessors labored for For thousands of years And your progeny inherit bloody violence. Beware of them who preach loyalty But practice ingratitude, Who pay allegiance but organize rebellion, Who preach peace and sell weapons, They will come with the Cross And cut you with the swords. But never! Again, and again. Never! The matter concerning The true owners of the lands The property of the orphans The practices of successive governments Will never be left unquestioned. No matter how high the bird has flown Its funeral must perform on the ground. This poem is from the poet And it reads: In the Name of Allah, The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. It commands sanitation, and food security Compromise, transparency, tolerance, justice and equity As the bedrocks of world peace. This poems commands you to make peace For you were not created To live in hatred, anxiety, conflict and war. When we scorn peace, we break into pieces When we wail, we become weak But when we smile, we become strong And when we love, we live longer than the angels. « return. |