Shia Mothers Day

Shia Mothers Day, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1.

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is when her
son cuts
his head
on ashura
touches
the essence
of karbala
in every way
hussain is humanity
holistically healing
a mother they say
god heard hussains
mothers prayers
created shias
everywhere
we have nothing
but ghame hussain
our wealth his
humility his sacrifice
with all we share
a world without
borders every
modern
contemptible
yazid we dare
hussain his mother
a unique pair
our mothers day
each moharam
when black clothes
we wear our
flesh from the soul
of our bodies we tear
our ancestral pain
our blood sweat tears
on the soul of
yazidiyat
war declare