FIRE

My poem, addressing those who have robbed many in the Arab world, and the world at large, of artifacts of history and attempted to destroy cultures that are centuries old.

You’ve fashioned a world to your size

A tiny world where all promise is starved

Make a small fire

Feed it with ignorance

Watch it suck the nourishment from your children

Feed it with hate

Watch it draw the breath from your gardens

Feed it with contempt

Watch it blacken your history

Feed it with fear

Watch it suffocate your future

The fire grows large now

Smoke chokes all that was possible

FIRE