the feeling of helplessness. Hopelessness?
sad.
the feeling felt
from Turkmenistan to Chad.
I won't ask why me
because all do taste
from this tree.
instead I ask whats happening?
what do I do
to remove thoughts that are saddening?

but the picture is bigger
than the single jigsaw piece.
the drop of water is nothing
compared to the flood.
the glass is half empty
half empty with blood.

what is it that evokes
these feelings of dread?
listen! what do i hear?
slow dull thudding
of a heavy heart.

So, whats with this craze of Palestinian and Saudi scarves around the neck, anyway?


O_o

Just like you

Today they’ve decided to extradite me

To a place known as ‘The land of the free’

This title to me sounds absurd

Considering the harrowing stories I have heard

Why are they doing this? What did I do wrong?

Content and happy with my life I was going along

Early one morning my house did the police raid

A particularly nasty visit to me they paid

I felt their fists and boots lay into me during this riot

In the midst of this onslaught I vowed not to remain quiet

Is it because my rights I chose to defend

That as my punishment, to an unjust land I must be sent

As I await my fate a million thoughts run through my mind

Of all those I will leave behind

First of all, my beloved wife

With whom I’d promised to spend my life

Then there’s my devoted mother

Who’s cared for and loved me like no other

Of course there’s my father in his old age

Destined to see his son in a cage

When my mind lapses into such depressing thinking

It causes an increase in my suffering

The physical abuse I may just be able to bear

But it’s the mental torture that causes most wear

Somehow I prevent myself from becoming irate

Instead I seek solace in my faith

I am reminded that I’m a stranger holding onto hot coal

This is my path to achieving the ultimate goal

My verdict has now been announced

I was one of the first on whom they pounced

After hearing my news and carrying on doing whatever you do

Remember, at one time I was just like you!

May Allaah hasten his release and that of all the brothers and sisters all over the globe.

May Allaah grant them and their families patience, and a re-union in Jannat al-Firdous.

aameen.

"We are your sons in Cuba... Do not forget our plight... Do not forget our plight... Do not forget our plight..."