[Poetry corner] Food for though

I am not worried about when to fast or not to fast

I am not worried about when to perform salaat e Eid

I shun all debate pertaining to polemic and altercation

But my mind is not at rest because of the ummah in Gaza

The ummah is bleeding and I feel the pang of pain bitterly

Where are you leaders of Islamic state, wake up now

Death trap and death is roaming about the strip

Without food for days and no water to drink everyday

Without being in the night mare the feeling is tantamount

To watching virtual images, for some it is an entertainment

For others it is an awe and horrible genocide and massacre

Food with bullet is what the world is donating to Palestinians

The colonizers and their allies in restaurant luxurious

Eating to their fill with joy and happiness, enjoying life

No worries for the land grabbers looting others’ wealth

 Arrogant and innocent as mild as milk do they pretend to be

Hitler’s persecution turned them into notorious robbers

Shamelessly their claim on others’ properties is made

Israel is a western state, settlers are white people

With few Ethiopian black Jews and Arab Jews

Believing in the supremacy of the white it is why

Apartheid state is the rogue state of Israel in the M. East

Napoleon had said ‘quand le dragon se réveil’ [China]

Yes, the dragon powerful is becoming now in the world

When will we say ‘gare au réveil de la ummah’ so that

Power will devolve on us to govern the world again

Make the OIC grow militarily without others dependency

Stop! The fratricide war for gain of power, unite and unite

To integrate into one ummah and restore power

Oppressors everywhere are to oppress the ummah

Cassam Tupsy