by Abdi-Noor Mohamed

Sunday, November 14, 2004

      In our religion of Islam
      Ramadan is a holy month
      But our actions are quite unholy
      Ugly differences reach peak this month
      We argue over when to start fasting
      we argue over when to finish fasting
      Moon sighting is a ritual confrontation
      Million eyes stare at the golden sky
      Each one wants to see it on his own
      No one accepts what the other had seen
      Some of them see a moon that never was 
      Others scare it with bloodshot eyes
      They search it with rifles hanging their shoulders 
      They make it hide behind a cloud
      Or runaway only to surface in another location 
      And so they miss their prime object
      Oh my people oh brothers and sisters
      Ramadan is supposed to forge unity
      Never was it intended to divide    
     Don't blame the moon.
     Blame yourselves.
     Blame your negative thinking                                        
     It is your heads that your hearts are ivided    
    Anyway Ciid Mubarak to you

Abdi-Noor Mohamed
E-mail: nuuru2003@hotmail.com