Afghanistan Bleeds

Afghanistan Oh land of braveryAnd beauty.Who devoured you?Beasts of prey.What is your crime?Pursuit of happiness and liberty.Brutes garbed as menOut to denude you of dignity.Afghanistan envy of…Continue

Started by Edres d(-_-)b Jan 20, 2010.

Returning

In her faceher whole country was blown aparta ceramic pot dropped and trampledeach piece carefully picked up and hiddenin her face was a whole painfully glued togetherin her determined amber…Continue

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Started by Edres d(-_-)b Jan 20, 2010.

I’ll never return

I’m the woman who has awokenI’ve arisen and become a tempest through the ashes of my burnt childrenI’ve arisen from the rivulets of my brother’s bloodMy nation’s wrath has empowered meMy ruined and…Continue

Tags: Afghanistan, in, women

Started by Edres d(-_-)b Jan 20, 2010.

For a better future

Taliban ruled once in AfghanistanThey made the country one huge concentration camp for womenBut RAWA kept the torch of hope aliveEven in the darkest daysRAWA kept on the lightAnd continued to…Continue

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Started by Edres d(-_-)b Jan 17, 2010.