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| Shock and awe |
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| kingzdaughter1 |
| 03/25/03 at 23:24:53 |
| A question in my heart that grew from the first day increasing with the more images I see, is this a nightmare from which I'll wake? or is it Reality? ''A campaign of 'shock and awe''- who on earth can nickname a war?? a name so grand for a crime so low, a chance for children to see how low adults go Did the person who named it see what I see? Horror unknown: Horror revealed Didn't they look at the wounded child? Didn't they look at the eyes of the terrified? Didn't they hear the families that cried mourning for all of those who've died? Didn't they hear what I heard?- that horrendous sound The drops of blood that fell to the ground My heart heard the sound of that blood- cry aloud to the Almighty God What do the Angels think of us when they watch us slaughter someone's son; someone's daughter See over there that person in pain? that person there has a name and that person there torn apart? that person has a mind and heart someone's taught them that they're the 'other' but didn't teach them, that's someone's mother When anything scary came on TV I'd laugh at my reaction and say 'it's acting' but what can I say when the horror is real? I'm watching death 'live' while choking back tears Shattered, disillusioned and torn apart, mommy please pick up my broken heart, I found it Daddy, so where's my prize? I found it in a person's eyes Daddy, Guess what? I found Fear I found it so Ugly, so Unreal no more words seem to flow; I've taken my heart as far as it'll go how fitting to end it here, a poem about this war ending with fear __________________________________________________ I don't know what quite got me with this war. True enough I'm one of those sheltered annoying girls that seems to be a lost relative of the Brady Bunch (the Arab version I guess) where the biggest problem in my life is Greg getting a license (*shock horror*)... but I've always thought I was sensitized to horrific images and wouldn't blink anymore at seeing war images. For some reason, I can't shake terror off me since I watched a particularly disturbing piece of footage where I truly saw 'Fear'. I've stopped watching the news for my sanity's sake, though I feel incredibly selfish. I can just shut off my TV, but what can others do if they're living it? :( dammit I hate me sometimes Pray for all those in the war |
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| panjul |
| 03/31/03 at 22:44:19 |
| [slm] Wow that was deep. I liked it. I'm very sad these days too. :( |
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| lightningatnite |
| 04/03/03 at 00:17:48 |
| [wlm] :) Don't be too sad if your relationship with Allah is strong. The only true reason to be sad is if you have distanced yourself from your Creator. Allah has a wisdom in everything He does. Sometimes the tribulations we see in the world are a warning for us to come (back) to the straight path and repair our relationship with God. Xtian learner, don't hate yourself. God has honored the children of Adam. He has endowed us with the potential of doing great things. The human being is an honored creation of God. We lower ourselves only when we get deluded by the Devil. One of his tricks is to make us hate ourselves and not him, and by drawing us away from our true purpose. Through recognition, love, and obedience to God, we find ourselves in bliss in this world, no matter what the world has done to us. There was an imam who was wrongfully imprisoned, and his students dutifully visited him to raise his spirits. However, they found that they would go to visit him filled with anxieties and problems, and return having been enlightened by his knowledge. They went to releive the imam of worries, but in turn found themselves being relieved by him! Freedom is not from bars around you, it is not freedom of the self. It is freedom from the self...from all those desires that Satan uses to control us. God has sent us Messengers to guide us out of Satan's trap, to free us and allow us to fulfill our Adamic potential as His servants :) |
| 04/03/03 at 00:22:36 |
| lightningatnite |
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| kingzdaughter1 |
| 04/07/03 at 02:53:12 |
| Salam, Sis Panjul: :) I have always admired your posts and thoughts, even when I was lurking in the old board... (yes, I am a veteran ::)) a compliment from you means a lot to me! thank you :-* Bro Lightningatnite: wat can I possibly reply to that? I only have one thing to say, your reply is typical of the wisdom and niceness (I'm sorry my eqloquency has just ran out the door, so that word will have to do) that I have become accustomed to, readings your posts. Again, you are someone I have always admired for their wisdom and faith, I feel privileged for your replies Jazak Allahu Khairan to both of you guys, please remember me in your duas :) |
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