Jul 16 2007
Why Don’t You Feel My Pain?
Assalamualaykum;
I’m currently working on project to raise awareness regarding the issue of how Muslim children are put through the foster/adoption system, and the effects this has …
Here’s a poem which sum’s it all up …
You look to me and question, why don’t I smile?
You ask why I look at you with such contempt?
After all who are you to me in the end?
I am just a child, like many others
A child born from the lusts of love
I am child small and insignificant to the world.
Yet I may be a child, but I am well versed
Well versed in the cruelty of the world
Well versed in the greed an heartlessness of man.
Abused under drunken rage
A sponge of harsh words and hurt.
I have no place I belong
I’m just small and insignificant.
Who is to hear my pleads and cries?
Who is to hear my sobs and tears?
So now before you ask why I no longer smile?
Or why I stare at you with such contempt?
Think …
This small child is a Muslim hurt and scared
This small child so insignificant who wonders;
If the ummah is one..
Then why don’t they feel my pain?
2 responses so far
Radiant Light
Walaikumusalam,
Did you write this poem? It’s a touching insight… Keep us updated on the project, inshaAllah…
WaAlaykumAssalam
Yea I did …
I will Insha’Allah keep you updated though its at a slight standstill until after my trip down south.
Ma’assalam