Shiasm Up Close

Shiasm Up Close, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

blood sweat and tears
the soul of shiasm
shiasm up close
shot by a
barefeet blogger
firoze with blood
running
through his head
dripping
from his nose
a moment called
karbala
on the streets
of mumbai
he froze
a shia poet
sufiyana soz
a bit different
from those
maybe
my pictures
might
appear
bloody and gross
but from the tears
of a mother
our pain flows
from a world
without borders
it grows
an enigma
of humanity
a moment
nobody knows
save those
who are shias
a path to salvation
their ancestors chose
oops taqaaiya is an old story
come up with something new
or this chapter allah ho akbar
i foreclose a poetic pause
a poetic pose ya hussain
subha se shaam har roz