This is the Muslim World of Pain

This is the Muslim World of Pain, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

demoralizing
my humanity
his spastic
spasmodic
pain a moment
in timelessness
only the godly
on the streets
can attain
a windowless
door less world
of Muslim pain
crushing the roots
of my heart
the wrenching
the branches
of my brain

i took a step backwards
almost fell into a drain