PLEASE ALLOW US MOURN THE DEAD (Poem)

…by Poetic Tee “Here, take a sip”

A fortnight witnessed the same
A crane in chaos created a banger

I refused to join in the blame game
Or throw at anybody a mean stinger

Seek ye now scapegoats to fit a frame?
Saudi authorities chose to point fingers

African pilgrims, they’ve chosen to blame
Though contrary voices shout other singers

Wrong decision taken by, what’s his name?
Mohammad bin Salman, who’s not a stranger

Prince Al Saud’s blockade ushered in the shame
Instructions, schedules shredded with a dagger

So the complaint against blackness and a dame
Blocking a river, flowing inch by inch, not longer

All they seek is Lord’s Pleasure, not some fame
Who knows not avalanche is filled with danger

Now it creeps out, an excuse so weak, so lame
After damages unfold by the minutes, bigger

Remember though, a date with destiny came
717 souls lost, 850 injured makes count larger

N31+ million for each life death prey to claim
As bold Sharia compensates even a beggar

Hajj mabroor for each victim’s the sole aim
Sad our Al-Miskin and Bilkisu live no longer

Who can fill such vacuums, our pains tame?
Instead you apportion faults to our bagger

Let’s amend the loopholes, quench the flame
O Allah, for every martyr, make us stronger.

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