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What kind of heart is it

That cannot feel pain Knowing 12 year old life

Should not just end in vain?

What heart would not be moved

That could witness a man

Knowing he can’t stop bullets

Doing all that he can

To save his young soldier

But despite all his best

Cannot stop the bullets

From ripping his chest

Not an army around

Not a weapon at all

Only concrete and mortar

Pinned like mice on a wall

Like a black and white movie

With a theme of sheer violence

Where you see victims scream

But you only hear silence

Not a savior around

And no way to defend

Who is part of your blood

From a murderous end

Did you stop to imagine

If that father was you

With your son clinging tightly

Not a thing could you do?

Do you think you would pray

To Allah the Most High

Or would you only muster

The strength to ask why



Why your brethren abroad

Who claim hold you so dear

Seem to not pay attention

Or perhaps they can’t hear?

Not until there is crisis

And spilling of blood

Does the world seem to notice

Feelings rise like a flood

We then stir up in protest

And write poems like this

Is it not very clear

That there’s something amiss?

When we fight with each other

And just point and accuse

While our enemies continue

To freely abuse

Our brethren in Quds

In Kashmirs and Sheeshaans

In too many places

In so many lands

There are others like Ramy

Indeed by the score

And until we awaken

There will surely be more

It will take more than sorrow

To change our condition

Until we commit

Ourselves to the mission

The legacy left

By the prophets of old

Including Muhammad

Of whom we are told

Would never abandon

His hurt Muslim brother To leave him alone



For his enemies to smother

Can there be any wonder

Why so much is awry

If we sit back and witness Another child die?

When we lose a young Ramy

May Allah grant him Bliss

It cannot be enough

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