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The Cry of the Innocent
by
Ehsan Elahi Ehsan
O, God, You were very Gracious and Kind
That you brought us form nothingness to existence
That You sent us to earth, on Your own will not ours
But we had just opened our eyes there
We had just learnt how to smile and weep
We had just cherished the lovely kisses of our mothers
We had just received the cool shade of our fathers’ eyes
We had just started drawing some figures on the ground
With our tiny fingers, in the dust
We had just been prepared to go to schools
We had just started enjoying the company of our play-group
We had just felt the warmth of our mothers’ breath in bed
When all of a sudden we were bombed and shattered into pieces
We were sent to the land of oblivion,
We were again changed into nothingness
By your grown up and powerful men
Can we ask You, O, God
And your grown up powerful men
What was our fault, what was our sin
That we were made the victims
Of such a horrible experiment and practice.
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