In light of recent mob violence against Christian community in Lahore, with valuable input from Anzar bhai.
Question
For I seek a name
Whom to blame
While They burn ...
The Mob
Sadistic, hedonist, seeking pleasure in violence?
The Preacher
Clamouring, shouting, selling madness?
The land shark
Cunning, waiting, wishing the Christians to flee?
Or the state
Rooting deep, blood-sapping innocents?
Who should answer
He who listens
Then who better
God is my decision
And so
Began the search
*match*
Bullah said
'God lives Inside'
*gasoline*
So I listened, inside
A cacophony of silence
*flame*
In Badami Bagh
A garden, but of fire
There I found God
Burning, a slow amber death
| Ayyaz Mallick is a first year graduate student at York University Canada. His concentration is in urban politics and development studies. |