To Dr.Afia Siddiqui
 

[CENTER][COLOR="Indigo"][SIZE="6"]A Glorious Dawn…And A Better Day[/SIZE][/COLOR]



[COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][SIZE="3"]Another dawn …another day,
Disgrace; insult is thrown our way;
Yet shamelessly on their golden perch
The spineless look – Oh how they sway!

As if there is no Lord above,
They with the devil-hand in glove;
Selling our dearest values and souls,
For gold and power – push and shove!

This crime you saw they so denied,
To filthy scum they sold the bride;
Yet the mighty Creator seeing it all
Unveils the gruesome act they hide!

Amongst ravenous wolves the fair one lies,
As from brutish hands she helplessly flies;
A suffering sister sane no more,
Her anguished screams – they rent the skies.

And this is all the pride you boast,
Our tormentors you daily host !
But yesterday we shared the cup,
- And today so far apart we coast ?

When comes a ‘Qasim’ to stem this rot?
Of Almighty Allah and His Messenger forgot!
Of cheaply selling our heritage which -
With submission and sacrifice was dearly bought.

And yet the strong will go their way,
As an ‘Iftikhar’ keep the monsters at bay;
[COLOR="DarkRed"][SIZE="5"]Afia![/SIZE][/COLOR] Our elders pray, while the braver fight -
For a glorious dawn…….. and a better day![/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/CENTER]