The Greed of Eid

UPDATED texts of  

The Greed of Eid

The © Muhammad Haque Political Poetry

This theme conceived of during 1987-1993

In London E1 1HE UK.

  

THIESE texts are being written

At 1010 GMT London   

Sunday 19 August 2012 AD  

Eid Al Fitr  

01 Shawaal 1433 AH  

THIS post at 1546 GMT 19 August 2012

  

Eid should be shared 

The joys of Eid 

Spread across the population 

Regardless of status in faith 

Just as a child 

Neglected and starved 

Is brought back to ordinary 

Breath and life 

On being found food 

And fed 

The sight of such a state 

Of such a child 

Is beyond words 

Universally joyous.  

Have you fed such a child this Eid?  

Have you enquired after the woman?  

Hidden in indescribable misery 

Lacking food 

Even clothing 

Unknown even to these who once knew her 

And to others who even once admired her 

Now reduced to multiplicity of denial 

Deprivation 

Where is she?

You have no idea?

Indeed!  

So what Eid are you celebrating today?  

You say that you pray to God 

For the privilege of allowing you 

The ability to observe the 

Holy month of Ramadan 

That ended yesterday 

That is your privilege and your 

Right in faith to do 

But did it occur to you 

That God 

Would rather that 

You ADDED some real concern for 

Some really deprived neighbours 

Who are your neighbours?  

You don’t know your neighbours?  

And you spent almost the whole month 

Of Ramadaan asking for God’s forgivingness 

And probably hoping that you were  

Getting the forgiveness.  

You need to stop being so lazily hopeful.  

Look around 

And you will see that 

In your neighbourhood 

There are some faces 

That is not smiling.  

In fact those faces 

Could not put on any expression 

That could amount to a smile 

Even if they were told to smile 

The souls whose faces those are 

Are violated souls 

Violated the whole year round