This beautiful poem was written by Delhi-based blogger Karuna Ezara Parikh and has been shared thousands of times on social media.
Her full post read:
“I woke this morning deeply disturbed by the news from #Paris, but more amazed by the attention it received on social media. I understand Paris is a beloved and familiar space for a lot of people, but it troubled me that #Beirut, a city my father grew up in, had received so little attention after the horrific bombings two days earlier. It also troubled me that #Baghdad, a place I have absolutely no connection with, received even less attention after the senseless bombing that took place there last week. Worst of all, I found the understanding of the refugee crisis skewed and simplistic. If you’ve been following the journeys of the people leaving their homes around the world right now, perhaps you’ll understand why the words #SyrianRefugeeCrisis are just as devastating as#PrayForParis. It’s time to pray for humanity. It is time to make all places beloved. It’s time to pray for the world.”
99.99 percent of the people fleeing Syria and other Middle Eastern countries are fleeing these same terrorists, whom they have had to endure daily. We need compassion and we need action. When all people have their needs taken care of, they don’t need to form terrorist organizations.
