Zarmina Poem by Thomas Duncky

Zarmina



Ash does go to ash
But if it be alive and turns to the way of ash men do grieve
And women do wail
Young flesh was set on fire
Dreams got burnt and hope left
At so young an age, did you have to sail?
Forever gone to the land of all past
Free you are now,
From there you can love him still
Even if he be too far to feel
A heart of a soldier departed
With Zarmina thus did we parted
Love took you young one
And in love with you we are one
Religion and culture struck forever your life
Now freed from all hypocrisy
Woe those who still suffer the treacherous religious men
‘Peace be upon him' they always say
But from his love teaching they always stray
While you Zarmina, You wrote from your heart
‘My pains grow as my life dwindles,
I will die with a heart full of hope.'

Your Landai we will always remember.
REST IN PEACE LITTLE GIRL, FOR IN LOVE DID YOU, YOUR LIFE LIVE.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
A lament for the little poetess who set herself on fire in Afghanistan after her brothers found her reading poetry. They tore her books and beat her up.
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