What Happened?
(Dr. Shakira Nandini, Porto)
Dr. Shakira Nandini ☼
What happened? That we forgot, what should we scream and cry about?
What happened, we forgot Quds.
What happened, the map of Palestine came off the wall of our room.
What happened, we forgot the starving children.
What happened, we forgot to endure oppression for a moment.
What happened, we forgot the homeless children.
What happened, he woke up in the middle of the night and wrote a letter of protest to the United Nations and then went back to sleep.
What happened was, the impassioned speeches and impromptu marches ended.
What happened to being normal? Normal, normal, without thinking we can't be normal.
What happened, we got used to sleeping comfortably? Without thinking that until we give all the oppressed people of the world their rights, we will not be able to sleep a single night in peace.
After that, we walked slowly and got comfortable. Without thinking that we have to run and work hard for our lives.
What happened was, we forgot our ideals. Without thinking that we should even give blood for our ideals.
What happened, gradually we became normal human beings and started living and dreaming normally?
Have we committed any such sin? Who is getting such a big punishment for forgetting?