Tell Me Why

Just a poem I wrote while pondering the state of modern society. 

Sitting in my house

I watch TV with growing pain

Feeling sick and afraid

In my own house

I watch battles unfold

Between politicians and ordinary people

Over me and my family

I switch channel, again and again

The same is on everywhere: Hatred

Tell Me Why…

 

I watch a girl being beaten

Abused and cursed at

Just because of a single cloth

That sits upon her head

She tries to fight

But there’s too many

Men and women, both

Laughing at her distress

At her pain

 

Tell Me Why…

They grab at her scarf

She clutches at it helplessly

“Leave me alone,” she pleads

Tears run down her face

I cry too, for my sisters

My brothers, my family

All in danger, for nothing

I get up and turn off the TV

Just as they strip away her heart

Tell Me Why…

I collapse, my head throbs

Tears stream down my face

I don’t understand

My heart aches, burns

Crying out to speak

To get up and fight

I can’t, I’ve lost hope

Why are they doing this to us?

Why can’t I be me?

Please…

Just Tell Me Why

Why does this have to happen when in fact, the people who are attacked, be it a muslim sister, a scrawny college kid or even just a person with an unusual opinion, are just trying to keep their identity??? Just a random thought.