Mohamed Saloo

Tag: social issues

  • To be Judged

    To be Judged

    I ask thee to judge, not by my skin Nor by the faith I hold within, I ask thee to judge, not by my face My colour, my creed, nor by my race

  • I Belong

    I Belong

    The megaphone narrative Of click-bait hate Using pick and mix politics To evilize my faith

  • The land of my father and me

    The land of my father and me

    I arrive. On a sleeper train from Delhi Journeying across states whose dust I have brought

  • The art class

    I once drew a picture Of this hideous looking creature

  • Reporter

    Will you show the real community Away from the microscope Zoomed to the cells That fracture one another

  • I want hope

    I want hope

    I don’t want hate Scrawled across the cover of tabloid news Stacked in supermarkets on newsstand pews Pictures of faces in scornful hate Staring at shoppers who queue in wait I don’t want to know Names of towns where they came from Schools and places where they had gone Interviews of neighbours they barely knew…

  • To all the poems I’ve lost before

    To all the poems I’ve lost before

    To all the poems I’ve lost before You were the ones that I adored To remember I’d repeat As I ran across the street To all the poems I’ve lost before To all the rhymes that I thought of In sadness, joy or full of love You kissed these very lips Then I lost you…

  • Perception of less

    Would I really be any better If I wore a suit and tie Greetings be much nicer With an accent on the ‘hi’ Casual look in blue jeans A tee shirt with a joke Canvass shoes in lime green To be a stand out bloke Hats of many fashions From bowlers to flat caps Baseball…

  • Defiant

    Tomorrow we shall run and run Under the rays of the earth’s only sun Where we run In strides defiant and strong In hope to stand against wrong We shall run Each step powered with a mission United against hate and division We shall run Each falling bead of sweat Shall speak for those under…