Bricks, Bread and Bones

 



Bricks

Bread 

And bones 


They called us

Refugee

Lowlife

Another 

Bekhuda

Rat infested

Vermin

Un-belonger

The 

Un-habitant

Un-deserving

In-human

No being. 


They showed us

Auqat

Un-fit

Un-parallel

Un-deserving

Un-worthy 

In-haling 

How dare we

This air 

Theirs

Only 

Them

The heirs

Kaisi

Teri zurrat

Wakaidi.



They said

Be-gone

Be-hid

Be-still

No words

Be-spoke

Only 

Be-ware

Your place

Your auqat

You

The nothing

No one

Besharmi

Be-hurmatii



Meanwhile,

A girl runs to save the books she has

Amidst the rubble, the bricks

That once was

And we stand mute

While bones break

And bread dispensed

Scattered in the,

Among the ruins

Of these

The bricks

The bread

The bones

That once 

We knew

Was

Home



Was 

Us

Was 

We

A together of

Brothers

Only now

Yours more

Than mine

The 

Irony

Should we

Laugh 

Or cry 

The impunity



Of 

Bricks

And

Bread 

And 

Bones

We 

But 

Dust 

In 

Eternity.



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