Poetry – There was a boy – a poem about terrorism
There was a boy
The news was reporting that Boko Haram were using young boys and girls as suicide bombers.
Like paedophiles they groom their innocent children victims, feeding them lies.
They point to the people who they claim are evil. These people believe differently. They are heretics, apostates and loathed by god. They are thoroughly loathsome. The Koran states that the unbelievers should be killed.
Allah demands that they should be punished for their crimes of belief.
They were required to do Allah’s will.
They would open their eyes in paradise.
They are not trusted with the button.
The man in the shadows presses the button, watches the outcome, and smiles as the nails and bolts fly among the organs, tissues and limbs.
There was a boy
There was a young boy
With a bomb
Strapped to his chest.
In the shadows
Stands a man
With a button.
All because of what
Is believed
And why?
They are waiting
For the innocents
To gather.
Hate and lies
Prejudice
And fury.
All in the pressing of a button.
Opher 14.4.2016