Truth Needs No Defence Poem by Mehreen Mujeeb

Here I stand with no arrows or shield
With no one by my side
To defend me
Protect me
They stand for truth that lied
While I fight for my right
My right for the truth.

They can throw all the arrows they retain
Nothing will pierce and penetrate
For I only keep wounds I learn from
I’m not wounded by their arrows.

They have everything
But a reason to fight
They fight against something I can prove
When they know the truth spreads light.

The lies they use in their defence
Are their own enemies
I don’t need someone by my side
I don’t need arrows or shields.