{"id":3506,"date":"2021-07-14T22:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/2021\/07\/bombs-do-not-discriminate-2\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T17:36:16","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T15:36:16","slug":"bombs-do-not-discriminate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themarkaz.org\/oldsite\/bombs-do-not-discriminate\/","title":{"rendered":"Poem: Bombs Do Not Discriminate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Abdallah Salha<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each bomb, you feel it three times:<br \/>\nOnce borne,<br \/>\nwhistling through the skies<br \/>\nand as it steals the born.<\/p>\n<p>As you hear it, you get the chills<br \/>\ntears\u2026 heart race.<br \/>\nYou cling to something,<br \/>\nstunned.<\/p>\n<p>As if you\u2019ve never heard<br \/>\nsomething like it before.<\/p>\n<p>It gets to where it gets<br \/>\ndoes its thing<br \/>\nstealing the born<br \/>\nand shaking balance and thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Does not discriminate<br \/>\nembraces whatever is in the way.<\/p>\n<p>Theoretically, moral.<br \/>\nBut in practice<br \/>\ndon\u2019t we always argue where<br \/>\nmoral compasses originate?<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is watching in awe<br \/>\nOthers shouting,<br \/>\nor chanting \u2014 so to feel strong from within.<br \/>\nAs selfish as you want<br \/>\nto be for your own,<br \/>\nyou still think of others<br \/>\ntheir grief<br \/>\ndisplacement<br \/>\nfear<\/p>\n<p>They evidently had<br \/>\nhappiness to pursue<br \/>\nliberty to claim<br \/>\nlife to preserve<br \/>\nand<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordhippo.com\/what-is\/the-meaning-of\/arabic-word-43547a965e6a361d6096d813028e3662d3f91f4a.html\">\u0631\u0648\u062d<\/a> that now<br \/>\nhave left this world.<\/p>\n<p>We are bystanders<br \/>\nsilent<br \/>\nneutral<br \/>\nperformatively objective<br \/>\nin awe.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s your turn!<br \/>\nA drone strike may warn<br \/>\nOr may not&#8230;<br \/>\nIt didn\u2019t warn many before you.<br \/>\nNinety seconds<br \/>\nand counting&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Fair or unfair? 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