T E R R O R I S T

As the world begins to dehumanise me, here are some words on how I feel.

T… E… R… R… O… R… I… S… T…

They call me a terrorist, but I don’t know what it means,

So I sat down and made a checklist of me,

The ‘E’ in Terrorist stands for ethnic minority,

Arab? African? Asian? I’m Pakistani,

But no not just that,

You may have heard of a triple threat,

Well the 3 ‘R’s in terrorist you should never forget!

Religion, religion and RELIGION!

Faith is dangerous ammunition.

Don’t forget to dot the 'I',

And the ‘I’ in terrorist may be referring to me,

But I think it’s referring to the eye which decides what you see,

If it’s Sky to Fox News or even BBC,

They tell you what I am,

And you believe them over me.

‘T’ is for terror, because I am terrified of you,

You made me guilty before innocent and it’s hard to prove,

That the ‘O’ is for ordinary, because I am just like you!

Now the ‘S’ is for steal as you take my liberty away,

The 'S' is for sentence, passed in an unjust way.

So now I know why I am a terrorist and there is nothing I can do,
If only I was white with blonde hair and eyes of blue…

R.I.P all those who have died as a result of terrorist attacks and all those who have died over ignorance of what a terrorist is.