Monday 7 October 2019

One Of Us (September 25, 2019)

Wednesday
September 11, 2019
"War On Terror"
Became an adult.

Eighteenth anniversary
Religious fanatics attacked
The United States.

Refuse
To tar and feather
All Molsems
For extremists' actions.

Hatred gives fanatics
Undeserving victory
Over everyone.

Unanswered question
Fill my mind.

Wondering
How "War On Terror"
Would react
If born human.

Are they filled
By anger/hate
Fueled xenophobia?

Lashing out
With blind rage 
Like President Trump?

Or
Transforming negative energy
Into community healing
Through shared strengths.

Understanding - focal point
For personal growth
And dialogue.

Reducing
If not eliminating 
Sectarian barriers.

Else
Fueled by
Destructive nihilism
Bordering on suicidal.

Self-pleasure
Hedonistic drug
Masking soul's pain.

Societal pariah
Abandoned and isolated
Feared by everyone.

Sadly
War On Terror
Isn't a person.

But
Flawed policy enacted
At a time of fear
And xenophobia.

However
Well meaning
Policy framers
Meant to be.

Whose repercussions
Still being felt
By innocent victims
Today.

Whether
It's the no fly list
Or society's lingering fears
On various religions.

Therisa © 2019

Author’s note: I started writing this poem, on September 11, 2019, as a way to express my feelings about the tragedy that occurred on this date. The deeper that I got, I realized, the entire “war on terror” was misplaced anger and ignorance towards the Molsem community, as a whole, which President Trump has made worse.

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