If I Was Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

If I was

By checking the numbers,
All the dead and injured…

During my research,
For causes of murders...

Among books of the faiths,
Synagogues, mosques, churches...

When counting the graves,
History of tortures…

See traces of the faiths,
The faiths of Abraham...

At such times, with anger,
Face the wall and murmur:
'If I was alive then,
If had seen Abraham,
If knew his plans,
Collected some snakes,
As well as scorpion,
Poisoned Abraham…! '

Abraham who fathered,
Sarah's son and Hagar's,
Divided the people…

Abraham who claimed,
To have heard Yahweh,
Divided the people…

Had I been alive then,
I would have trained him,
To share love with people,
To be a bridge, not a river,
To build roofs over heads.

Had I been alive then,
I would have poisoned,
The cause of divisions!