Voice of Unity (VOU) - Muslim Youth Magazine

Sinking into our own incontinence
Slipping into the filthy waters
Of your greed
Trapped in our everyday life
I walk to collect water, crops
A little living

I have to wash away,
The beast I have within.
Every way I sway,
It’s leading me to sin.
It’s the environment, it’s the media, and it’s the world outside,
No matter who I try to blame, there is nowhere to hide,

Why did you not listen?
To my silent cries
Underneath my cloak
My heart doth cry
And while I dried your clothes
My eyes I dried

YOU
Think you are
Sparkling and sinless
Wait and see
Why does it matter
Whether you gain recognition or not?

If it happens, what will I do?
And what if this happens? And that too?
What if all that is ahead of me is struggle and strife?
What if I lose my possessions, my job, my life?

Try and be brill at a new skill,
be the best, better than the rest
by acting kind, the community you can bind
on meeting , extend a heartfelt greeting
say hiya, salam, marhaba, bonjour- how are you?
smile brightly, take each step lightly

The sky is open in its majestic view
here I sit near and remember you
the faces I remember are now more than two
upon these graves lies more than a title
there lies life, tales and many a smile
looking around, it is a so very silent

Look above at the night sky and see
The galaxy outstretched, it is the soul’s ocean to be free
We drown in the day
And we float in the night
So here’s a word for the one seeking light

People running
Children screaming
Bombs and gunshots
Shoot my hearing
Blood dripping head to toe
I wish I couldn’t see oh no