Cry From Within..

What has become of You! Oh  Muslim World!

Like Froth on water, being largely Ignored

Leadership corrupt and your soul is being sold 

When will you return to that era of Gold?

Leaders being so servile; aping the West 

Sacrificing your interests- for their greedy quest  

Keeping you dismembered; polluting your nest

Aren’t they rejoicing while their subjects rest?

From Palestine to Yemen, your lands are ruined  

Your dignity pawned and mentally slaved 

Your conscience imprisoned; your voices stilled 

Those who will confront them, tortured and whipped

Trumps and the likes have now hijacked your  top 

While Zionist Israel  harvesting the crop 

Any more Arab Springs- will be made to flop 

Heroes and activists are getting the mop 

Asaads and Bin Salmans have become a bane

To the burning Middle East which, groaning in pain 

It’s efforts to progress should not be in vain

Avicennas and Ibnu Khalduns should reign  

Salahudeens and Tariqs! They shouldn’t be rare!

Helplessness of Muslim world being laid bare

It’s time to come out of this wildest snare 

Overcome the defeatist, victimhood scare

Revisit the period of Islamic thought!  

A bright era of renaissance the world then sought

Discoveries and inventions many well-wrought  

Muslims were pioneers then ;great change they brought!

Sad!Muslims then gave up their golden past 

Marred by the ever-scheming Colonial ghost  

Self-serving dictators took up the mast 

Muslim world since then has thus stood aghast 

State of the Muslim world looking so sad

Islamo-phobia driving it mad 

Unless it stands up for justice so bold 

It will be accountable in the court of God 

Islam advocated - moderation theme

It did not ever condone - any-ways extreme

Dignity of human- beings so supreme

May the light of peace for-ever shine and beam 

-Lukman Harees