Oh, horrid people, I hope your Taliban houses lose their roofs
May the bloody nights of your city be always without magic.
Your ignorant generation has taken our lives
Our dearest ones with a light in their eyes have become orphaned.
Oh, thoughtless people who make our mothers taste the death of their loved ones.
Must the youth always have crying eyes to the death?
Can you think of nothing to do besides egging on atrocities?
Your generation is as unproductive as a fruitless tree.
You, who bomb our schools, our cities, our bazaars,
All you do is destroy our country.
By Fariba H.
Photo by RichardBH
Strong, well deserved words of condemnation, Fariba! Thank you for your bravery in writing them.
All best wishes, Nancy
Brave and smart women can take back the world! Thank you Fariba, your poem is strong and insightful. You have brought the violence and ignorance of the Taliban into the light where it can be destroyed.
Holly