I Shoot a Pain A Pain That Does Not Go

I Shoot a Pain A Pain That Does Not Go, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

during moharam
the shia month
of mourning
from karbala
into our hearts
into our souls
into the very poetry
of life it flows
our freedom
of expression
our pain
known as
ghame hussain
the entire world
knows .. our
poetry our prose
from a seed
into a plant
it grows
a path
a mission
our faith
our destiny
we chose
children of
zehra
on the soul
of humanity
our tears froze