Yes We Protest

Yes We Protest, a photo by firoze shakir photographerno1 on Flickr.

Yes we protest
as we beat our chests
scourge our back
that needs no rest
bleeding from the head
that we do best
blasting to smithereens
the fascists nest
the neo yazidi brigades
of khalnayaks
suited booted
aping the west
we truly whole heartedly
detest
yes we are shias
you have rightfully guessed
with our rites our rituals
in black we are dressed
ghame hussain
with a pain we are blessed
hussainiyat v/s yazidiyat
1400 year old contest
hussain is humanity
an icon
for the underprivileged and the oppressed
moharam a movement against terrorism
riding the crest