The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times Issue #25 December 2014 | Page 11

Malaish Ya Makkah
By Alicia Ali

I see thunder
I see lightning
I see the sun
Resembling Venus
She fumes in fury
I see the blessed mountains
Crumble to dust

I see NOT a new horizon!

As I close my eyes
In guilt to distract my vision
of this tragic reality

Images of destruction, greed, genocide, and
oppression
come to life.
The sacred house
The Black Stone
The Makkans
Pilgrims united