She Waits To Take Her Mothers Place

She Waits To Take Her Mothers Place, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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she too will
wear the niqab
hide her face
from the
ignominy
of life
at the crossroads
she too will face
her sorrow
her despair
face to face
her destiny
her cursed fate
back spaced
a fatwa misplaced
going back
to medieval time
in short space
the faith of the beggar
woman in Islam
disfigured displaced
disgraced defaced
the beggar child's
inheritance
a faith
from her mothers
bleeding womb
she had embraced
through a picture
within a poem
on the street
showcased
a niqab
a face
within a face
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