Neda
Soltan’s New Friends
I
want you to meet some friends.
“Pleased. Honored.
Happy to meet you. Hi.
Malala,
we will be such friends.”
Marwa
El Sherbin,
She
wanted her child to have a place to play.
“Malala,
your mother loves you very much.”
Dariush
Rezaie,
He
wanted to study.
“Malala,
I admire all the books you have read.”
Majid Shahriari,
He wanted to teach.
“Malala, you have such gifted teachers.”
Khaled Said,
He wanted freedom of the internet.
KHALED! Pleasssse put
your iPod away.
“Malala, I’m sorry.”
Neda Soltan,
She wanted to sing and dance.
“Malala, I so admire your uncompromising passion.”
Me?
My name is Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn.
I wanted a drink of water with my father.
But you Malala Yousafzai,
You want all girls to have an education.
Alhamdulillah, you are
going back!
End
By George T. Everette Jr.
(Spriglief)
Poem donated to Commons
All rights released
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