This is a toast to the dead
To those who were killed
Because they spoke their minds
Those who were killed
Because they spoke against irrationally
Against division, against superstition
Rationalists and humanitarians
Who wished to see peace
Who spoke against blind faith
But were slaughtered for honour and righteousness
I wish to ask the killers and their justifiers
‘Did you kill on God’s command?’
‘Is your faith greater than another’s life?’
‘Is your faith so fragile, that mere words and cartoons can shake it?’
You can kill the atheists and kill the freethinkers
But you will alienate your own followers
Don’t look at the Middle East
The land of extremism could soon be ours
This a toast to the fearless revolutionaries
Their sacrifice will never be forgotten
Men die, women die but ideas don’t
They died for our sins
Now their blood is our ink
I agree!
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nice. if only people cud blend faith with reason, man wud live in a better world.
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Thank you! 🙂
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This is awesome! These are the kinds of poems people should write.
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Haha thanks!
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Bulls eye! Very true 🙂
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Yup! They definitely are!
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Ideas and philosophies are immortal
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