Amerika by Ehab Lotayef

Ehab Lotayef
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Amerika

Words,
we haven’t uttered yet,
redacted by your doubt
Liberties, we thought that we enjoyed,
are tangled in the chain

Only within the artificial freedoms you allow us are we free
Only within the confines of our prison cells
can we maneuver as we will

Who stabbed me in the back …
I’ll never know
I only heard them laugh as darkness fell

Will children play again?Will dawn ever return?
Will emptiness forever fill the room?
 
As we convinced ourselves
we can defeat the essence of defeat
the gates of Hell reopened
and we woke up in DC

Violence committed by fanatic individuals and fanatic governments

These attacks in Canada is a reminder to all of us that no one will ever be safe from crazy and fanatics all over the world; and that the only defence against these acts is defending the freedom, the human rights, and just peace.  

This reminds us of the attacks on Bali, Hebron, Oslo, Gaza, Nigeria, Fallujah, Rabaa, Aleppo, Dawson College,  École Polytechnique, all acts of violence committed by fanatic individuals and fanatic governments.

My condolences goes to the affected victims, promising that these acts of violence will never avert us from defending our rights and our freedom.

Examples of the well-known attacks;

List of massacres in Canada

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Canada

List of school shootings in the United States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States

Norway attack

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Norway_attacks

Egypt's Tiananmen

http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/08/12/egypts-tiananmen

Tiananmen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen