Outside The Mosque She Sits

Outside The Mosque She Sits, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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outside the
mosque
the house of god
made of mortar
and bricks
she sits
her spirit
is strong
the flesh
of her flesh
is weak
she admits
mouths to feed
she begs
earns a few bits
uneducated
unschooled
married
away early
to her fate
she did submit
under the wheels
of juggernaut
she was badly hit
begging the only
option of this
Muslim misfit
at the mercy
of the rich man
left overs
a few coins
tidbits
imprisoned
she hopes
that from this
earthly situation
her death will acquit
from a spirituality
that promotes
a jihad by bandits
the jihad to change
her life the community
completely omits
eunuch silence
on the sands of karbala
when his throat was slit
the soul of a nation
in two parts it split
two sides of a same coin
to wit...both sides
unwilling
to call it quits
hussain is humanity
a parched drop of a tear
on the ethos of pain
transmits

*the flesh of her flesh refers to her children.