to us.

For the love of peace and unity.

To us, to us - the ones living in denial, to us the ones living in comfort, to us the ones waiting in turn, to us the ones giving up our resilience, to us the ones scared, to us the ones numb, to us the ones disappearing silently, to us the ones killing, to us the ones being killed, to us the ones - the champions of unity. 

I wonder at a man standing at a funeral

Consoling his friends from the comforts of his security.

I wonder at his confidence of thanking his God 

for saving him, protecting him, from making him stay away.

for letting him remain frozen and in denial. 

I wonder at his knowledge while reading history.

I wonder what his eyes read and what his mind infers.

I wonder when he supports unity in his country from the depths of his insecurity at being judged otherwise.

I wonder when he ssshs his friend, takes his defense and silences him for the sake of peace and unity. 

I wonder when he does all that with a sword of "you're killing us too". 

I wonder when he, in the name of peace,

takes the human ashes, buries deep down in the soil and puts flowers of unity.

I then wonder at Unity for unity you need two.

But today, it is just him.

One by one, slowly and gradually, as I wonder, he comes nearer.

Takes my pen, takes my defense, takes my protest, whispers Unity and Peace.

Escorts me to the Soil of Heavens and smiles as he bids me farewell..

For the Love of Peace and Unity.