ALSHAAD KARA

Free Me

Behind the pain that vehicles
Everything everywhere
Are the real suffering 
That is deemed insufficient 
For this world. 

The unfairness is the 
Apocalyptic truth
That is hidden. 

There is no deadliest 
Situation that being
Cornered and killed. 

It is a slaughtered 
Bombarded land
Called Palestine.

Silent Genocide

Never say a word,
Spread the silence
Whilst human rights 
Are being violated
Since decades
In Palestine. 

Let's move on,
Let the situation 
Continue. 

The silence in itself 
Is a crime
Because not
Speaking for what is
Wrong
Is a crime in itself. 

 
Hypocrisy Of The Eyes

Rename Palestine
As Israel, 

Then slowly 
Neglects the ones
Who were first. 

Continue this process
Since those people 
Are not considered
To be human. 

Then support the
Oppressor and
Reprimand the
Survivor. 

Eyes have turned
Blind even
With no blindfold. 

This is the reality 
Of the world today.

ALSHAAD KARA is a Mauritian poet who writes from his heart. He won the 2023 “Zheng Nian Cup” Literary Award Third Prize. His latest poems were published in “The BeZine”, “Spered Gouez”, “Men Matters Online Journal” and “Slamming Bricks Anthology 3rd Edition”.