Terrorism Poem by Fatima Obaid

Terrorism

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My eyes see the reflection of broken pieces of glass
I see the broken dreams of innocent hearts
Terror surges like a flood
Blue skies turn as to red blood
Love and happiness fade from view
The hope of justice fades now too
Our cries, tears even smiles are not enough
To restore them, they’re now stained with blood
Each heart is filled with fear
Each eye is filled with tears
No one can deflect the pain of suffering
All are equal, no one feels nothing
Yet, some voices go still unheard
Those raised for freedom and justice blurred
By the sound of bullets in the air
That drown out loss, fear and despair

Islam says:
‘Murder of an innocent person
Is the same as killing all mankind’

The Islamic faith provides no licence
For Muslims to terrorise or use violence
Terrorism speaks not for Allah, truly said
Terrorists are ruthless, selfish, misled.

Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: terrorism
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Claudine Riel 01 December 2015

Really nice...thank you for sharing!

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Shakil Ahmed 01 December 2015

it's a wonderful poem, you have painted the true picture of terrorism with beautiful images and suggestive words, i enjoyed reading your poem, thanks for sharing

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Fabrizio Frosini 17 December 2015

********************************************************* after the murdering of so many innocent people in Paris, on November 13th,2015, a publishing project came about... I gave it the title: ‘POETRY AGAINST TERROR’, as a tribute to the countless victims of terror, worldwide. I invited many poets, whom poetry can be read at PoemHunter, to join me, so to write an ebook together. The book, which is an anthology of poetry, is a compilation of poems written by 64 poets from 42 different countries from all over the world. THEIR NAMES, in alphabetical order: ________________________ Sayeed Abubakar, Bangladesh Alexandro Acevedo Johns, Chile Saadat Tahir Ali, Pakistan (KSA) Paul Amrod, USA (Germany) Leah Ayliffe, Canada Khaoula Basty, Tunisia Lawrence Beck, USA Daniel J. Brick, USA Sophy Chen, China Terence George Craddock, New Zealand Sahra Hussein Dahir, Somalia Driss Ezzireg, Morocco Geoffrey Fafard, Australia Weiyao Feng, China Grant Fraser, UK Fabrizio Frosini, Italy Negar Gorji, Iran Bright Kwamina Grantson, Ghana Dilantha Gunawardana, Sri Lanka Nosheen Irfan, Pakistan Galina Italyanskaya, Russia Afrooz Jafarinoor, Iran Farzad Jahanbani, Iran Vincent Chizoba John, Nigeria Kinyua Karanja, Kenya Sofia Kioroglou, Greece Varghese Kuncheria, India (Oman) Kelly Kurt, USA Lionel Lerch aka Cocteau Mot Lotov, France Birgit Linder, Germany (HK) Tapera Makadho, Zimbabwe Kenneth Maswabi, Botswana Denzel Mbatha, South Africa Mallika Menon, India Leloudia Migdali, Greece Asoke Kumar Mitra, India Zoran Mitrović (Neran Sati) , Croatia Istvan Molnar, Sweden Souren Mondal, India Anitah Muwanguzi, Uganda Bharati Nayak, India Valsa George Nedumthallil, India Srijana Neupane (KC) , Nepal Eunice Barbara Novio, Philippines (Thailand) Fatima Obaid, Pakistan Marcondes Pereira, Brazil Sajee Rayaroth, Australia Marianne Larsen Reninger, USA Terry Robinson (HE George) , UK Rizwan Saleem, Pakistan (UAE) Leila Samarrai, Serbia Kirti Sharma, India Anzylyne Shideshe, Kenya (Germany) Osiel Silverino da Silva, Brazil Pamela Sinicrope, USA Petra Soliman, Egypt (GCC) Douglas Stewart, USA Udaya R. Tennakoon, Sri Lanka (Switzerland) Richard Thézé, UK (Germany) Savita Tyagi, USA Mai Venn, Ireland Niken Kusuma Wardani, Indonesia Snir Yacoby, Israel Asma Zenjali, Morocco __________________ I wish, here, to say ''thank you'' to each of them. And also to the poet-friends in the editorial board with me: Daniel Brick, Pamela Sinicrope, Richard Thézé. Daniel and Pam, together with Leila Samarrai and Valsa George Nedumthallil, wrote a commentary to each and every poem. Our ebook will be published first at Amazon, on December 20. Then at Smashwords.com (at the end of March 2016) where everybody will be able to download the book free ********************************************************* THANK YOU FATIMA! *********************************************************

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Fabrizio Frosini 06 December 2015

and we can add that your poem has been selected for the collection ''POETRY AGAINST TERROR''.. and it will be published in ebook * soon.. :) * first at Amazon. Later at Smashwords, where it will be a free ebook

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Free Bird 07 December 2015

I am Very Much Glad to know that.waiting for 20th Decemeber: D Cheers!

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Saadat Tahir 04 December 2015

a contemporary topic with such a huge import nice ideas grouped together well. nice liked

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Free Bird 07 December 2015

Wow Great news to hear.! cheers

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Fabrizio Frosini 06 December 2015

and also Tahir's poem, will be in the book.. ;) Cheers

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Akhtar Jawad 01 December 2015

A great message through a lovely poem.

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M Asim Nehal 01 December 2015

Very well written poem....Liked it, A thought provoking poem.

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