The Muslim prayer
at dawn
and sunset
we get use to it
when the prayers are not there
we fear for what is coming
some find it scary
to hear it every day
some don’t care at all
but few of us find it peaceful
to know someone still has faith
for most of us
including me
have lost it
somewhere between
the last mortar and the dead four year old
we just pulled off the road
that faith we held
diminished slowly
with metal and fire
with blood and silent eyes
someone needs to believe
someone needs faith
to substitute for the ones
who no longer hold that light
that once filled our hearts.
