04-24-2017, 06:22 PM
Malala
Malala blogged the truth. They hated that,
her words made fools of local Taliban,
while overseas, important bureaucrats
supported her, and her outspoken stand.
A teenage girl falls victim to a plot
to close her school, so ignorance can reign.
A bullet in the head, a brutal shot.
Assassination, if you say it plain.
But Allah intervened; Malala lived,
recovered, found a way to reach out far,
spoke louder still, gave all she had to give
for schools for girls, this saint with battle scar.
When heroines are forged from circumstance,
how can we know the dancer from the dance?
Final line is a quote from W.B.Yeats poem 'Among School Children'
Malala blogged the truth. They hated that,
her words made fools of local Taliban,
while overseas, important bureaucrats
supported her, and her outspoken stand.
A teenage girl falls victim to a plot
to close her school, so ignorance can reign.
A bullet in the head, a brutal shot.
Assassination, if you say it plain.
But Allah intervened; Malala lived,
recovered, found a way to reach out far,
spoke louder still, gave all she had to give
for schools for girls, this saint with battle scar.
When heroines are forged from circumstance,
how can we know the dancer from the dance?
Final line is a quote from W.B.Yeats poem 'Among School Children'