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When the World Comes Crashing Down
from 4TH YEAR PORTFOLIO
by Reem Mansy
By Reem Mansy
When the World Comes Crashing Down
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When all of a sudden there is an act of hate, Politicians take it as a time to berate.
When the whole world comes crashing down,
It is taken as a time to put on a false crown.
It is taken as a time to blame Muslim Migration, Claiming no, “Muslim is the final solution.”
It is taken as a time to brainwash the ignorant, Creating a hate wave like that of a tyrant.
Yet they never saw the innocent faces of the children who died. And they never saw the tears fall from their mothers’ eyes.
Yet they never heard the last words of the first victim, “Hello Brother,” depicting the virtue of a true Muslim.
“I should not be standing in front of you, I should be lying beside you.”
The muttering of a boy in a wheelchair, Beside his father and brother’s grave knowing life is unfair.
They never met the woman who used herself as a human shield, And from her wounds she never healed.
They never felt the pain of the boy who lost his youth director, brother, and best friend. A pain that seems to never end.
They never gained the courage to stop a gunman, Unlike the multiple victims who others claim as unhuman.
None of this would change their minds
Because they can see, yet they are blind.
And their hearts will never feel, Because for love, there is an impermeable seal.
• This poem was written after the mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand. 50 Muslims were murdered and politicians began blaming Muslim Migration for the mass shooting.
