I am here, safe.
I ask myself, what did I do to deserve to be in this safe place?
What did I do to be blessed with a comfortable life?
I am too lucky to sleep safe and sound…
While it hurts me every time;
Every time I hear them crying, helpless!
Their voices shiver with fear. They are hopeless!
Crying for their children, for their family were found lifeless!
It hurts me every time I try to sleep at night, but I can't take;
To know there are people hearing bombs that keep them awake;
A mother tries to cover the ears of her child who is so sick;
Wondering if their father’s still alive, they feel so weak.
Tears flowing from the eyes of a boy wondering if his mother’s still alive;
A man shouting his wife’s name as her hand slips with the crowds on tide;
You can see tears on the side of their eyes as they hold it with all their might,
Because they have to be strong for their loved ones to cross to the other side.
You can see a little girl holding a stick with a white flag;
She holds it too tight that even hurt her hand;
She lifts it with her little arms as high as she can,
So afraid as she walks and faces a man with a gun.
I can’t forget the face of that little girl;
When they asked her name, she can’t remember;
All she knows was, she lost her dear father;
And what breaks my heart even more…
When she tries her best to SMILE with her lips that tremble!
That smile is so heartbreaking but beautiful at the same time;
You can see from her eyes the pain she hides with her smile;
As if she wants to tell the stranger that everything is gonna be fine,
So that the world will know that they need hope, not those fights.
Terror has no religion as they say;
Because religions only teach us love and sympathy;
To create an agony, pain and calamity,
This is to steal the right to live peacefully.
I have no claim of knowing how and why these happen;
You can even say I can’t truly understand their pain;
Yes, indeed I cannot! But I’m also human being,
It pains me whenever I realized I can’t do anything.
Whenever I hear a mother weeping, I want to hold her hand;
Whenever I see a girl crying, I want to hug her tight;
Whenever I see a boy in pain, I want heal him out;
Whenever I hear a father shouts, I want to tap his back.
I want to say everything will be fine;
I want them to feel alive again;
From a distant, I feel helpless that I can't ease their pain,
But we can do something that is greater than anything.
YOU and I can give a sincere prayer because nothing is stronger than HIM!
Remember, no matter how much they shake and destroy our lives;
Never let them shake our hearts. Surely, in the end, we will all go back to Him,
Our greatest Guardian, the most Gracious, most Merciful... The Almighty will save us all!
Ameen! #czary06060717
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The Islamic City of Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines
Say: "Nothing will happen to us except what Allah has decreed for us: He is our protector": and on Allah let the Believers put their trust.
- The Holy Qur'an, Surah At-Tawba 9:51