My Poems

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Genocide is not the Answer.

The ethnic people of Burma.
Why such anger and hatred toward them?
Is it fear of them that drives you to be so cruel?
By robbing, jailing, torturing, raping and killing?
What have they done to deserve such suffering?
Is it a crime that they are different?

The beautiful ethnic groups, the jewels of Burma,
The brave and noble people each rich in their own traditions,
They are all an intrinsic part of Burma,
Each with their own culture,
Each with their own way of life,
You are stifling them, controlling them, oppressing them,  
They do not deserve your discrimination, persecution or rage.

Genocide is not the answer to your problems.
For as long as there is space,
For as long as the sun and moon are in the sky,
Your enemies will be vast.
Even if you manage to kill all life on earth
Who disagree with your views or are different from you,
There will be many more who will
Rise up against you.

Because the enemies you are afraid of
Are not only around you.
The worse ones are yet to come.
Because they are the ones
Which are the invention of
Your own deluded mind.

Feraya

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