Am I the terrorist?

Question

Look into my eyes
Tell me what you see
You don’t see a damn thing
’cause you can’t relate to me
You’re blinded by our differences
My life makes no sense to you
I’m the persecuted one
You’re the red, white and blue
Each day you wake in tranquility
No fears to cross your eyes
Each day I wake in gratitude
Thanking God He let me rise
You worry about your education
And the bills you have to pay
I worry about my vulnerable life
And if I’ll survive another day
Your biggest fear is getting a ticket
As you cruise your Cadillac
My fear is that the tank that has just left
Will turn around and come back
See I’ve known terror for quite some time 57 years so cruel
Terror breathes the air I breathe
It’s the checkpoint on my way to school
Terror is the robbery of my land
And the torture of my mother
The imprisonment of my innocent father
The bullet in my baby brother
You blame me for defending myself
Against my enemies
I’m terrorized in my own land
And I’m the terrorist?!

P.S: song by Outlandish "Look into My Eyes"..

Answer 1

No, you are not the terrorist.
And neither are the American soldiers giving their lives trying to relieve the terror and brutality of the land you live in.

Why do Americans get the blame for what is happening in your lands?
When we don't help, we're callus, cruel, and evil.
When we answer your call and try to help we're evil invaders sticking our noses in where they don't belong.
Our soldiers throw themselves in front of bullets to save men in your streets. They offer their food rations to children.
We send them school books, clothes, food, doctors.... whatever we can spare. Money, despite not being able to afford health care for our own kids.
We are hated because we worked hard (and yes, we did work hard) to make our country as safe as it is. We have agreed to disagree with out neighbors, thus live without the need to kill them whether they are Muslim, Jewish, Baha'i, or Christian.
True, it happens, but, as you pointed out, not nearly as often as it happens in your own lands.

Our country is a fraction of the age as yours, if that. Your countries and cultures have been warring since before we ever existed.

So, why is this our fault?

No, you are not a terrorist.
But neither are we.

BTW: my biggest fear is that my sister will not return from Iran simply because she is a Baha'i.
My biggest fear is that my cousins will get blown up protecting everyday people driving to work in Iraq by Iraqes.
My biggest fear is that my uncle's death in the Twin Towers will be forgotten.
My biggest fear is that the weapons dump in the same town as my baby nephews will be the next terrorist attack.
My biggest fear is that N. Korea will bomb my home town on the west coast of the United States.

No, they may not be as many as yours, but the Cadillac and the ticket thing just proves how little you know of us.

The Chronicler

BTW: you have an excellent talent at writing. You should consider publishing.

Answer 2

Cobra. Seriously, its the youngster boomers. Today it can be the Iranian preserve, day after today its the Somali pirates, subsequent week its Al Qaida once more, ANY loosly equipped organization with a inclined suicide bomber makes the record however the usual denominator above faith, ethnicity, or nationality is the age organization of the leaders. YES the specific highjackers, suicide bombers, and so on.. is approximately eighteen however the men in the back of the scenes molding the minds had been all conceived circa 1950. Wait and notice what occurs while a extra smart iteration starts to transport in, primarily over within the mid east. The USA might fall to the politcal wayside after we get a few X-slackers in top workplace however I do not consider the greed degree can be as suggested. Time will inform if I'm proper.

Answer 3

I don't know if you are a terrorist are not. You sound like a Palestinian. I feel sorrow for the Palestinian people. I know if a group of people showed up at my home and kicked me out I would fight. But people forget it was the British who cut up the middle east when they left. They just drew lines in the sand and said this is your country. With out any thought to the different religions and customs of the people. Look at Iraq, Sunni, Shite and even Kurds. The Kurds don't have a home land as a vast majority of them live in Turkey. Saudi Arabia was drawn on a map and named after the Saud family for peats sake. I don't have the answer but I can't understand Arab killing Arab over a religious belief, Especially when they're both Muslims.

Answer 4

Thought provoking. No, you are not the Terrorist, and I wish I could bring your family back, and that you could wake up in tranquility each day. I just cannot believe all of the people that are appearing out of the darkness of Evil that have come forward to become part of the War Machine of Israel, and participating in the destruction of Lebanon and Palestine.
We can find few brave souls who will tell the true story. The media is being controlled here in the USA. We are spoon fed every negative little speck of dirt they can dish out.

Answer 5

We the People are the USA. Not the government....Politicians are elected by us the people of the country...we have the power, but I have to admit we do not use it. It is much easier to sit in the crowd on the sidelines and sling insults and heckle.

Great sounding poem until you really think about it. It is just a shallow opinion. Travel out of your own little circle and really spend time in different locals in this country and people are struggling and education is not a given, and food is not guaranteed. I was sheltered and naive but see things differently now....maybe with age does come wisdom, and responsibility.

Answer 6

Well... I think you're condemning the U.S. saying that we are being judgmental and is not this whole poem just that?! You really want to know if you're a terrorist ask yourself if you can rise above the hatred. Is the school you refer to teaching you how to make bombs, how to kill, or "get even" ?! Blood runs red in ALL countries and religions. The very thought that "the problem is someone else" IS the problem.

Answer 7

That is the truth, my friend, you are.
Like you, I am a terrorist so far.
That is not that I love to kill,
Nor that some blood on your hand still

But Mr. Bush have said one day
I'm sure you heard what he did say:
"If not with me terrorist you are"!

If this is what it’s all about
Then, Mr. bush, excuse me
I, terrorist, am, and thus shall stay
Till we all meet eternity

In their best times look who they chose
And their votes who did introduce
But those they call terrorists today
Though they in some dark ages bay
Have chosen less evil, I say.

We shall end this, but only when
Justice accept and Justice Praise
And swear we do just as she says
Then maybe blood won’t shed any more
And maybe birds may carefully soar.

Answer 8

I like that a lot. If you're the one who wrote it, you have some talent. Here's a link to a song about Joe McDonnell, one of the I.R.A. Volunteers who died in a british prison, on hungerstrike with Bobby Sands and 9 other P.O.W's. twenty five years ago (1981), in order to regain status as political prisoners instead of being classed as criminals. I think you'll like it. Keep writing and keep the faith.

Answer 9

No you are not a terrorist but if your people spend less time hating and blaming others for their lifes maybe you can get a better life. Millions of dollars goes to palestinian people but your "goverment" spend all that money in arms and teach their boys and girls to hate and not to love, to embrace dead instead of life. So stop blaming others and look for a more productive life.

Answer 10

Israel Zionists are to blame, but Hezbollah is terror too....

It's a fake resistance, Israel is doing ground zero on Lebanon to attempt the "right major crisis" they need to make the Nations accept teh New World Order. Your life don't matter at all for the ones who rule this world. I understand, they too, but they don't give a damn f*** about you.....You are just a Barbarian.....

The world have to wake up, because thsi New World Order, is really near.....There is so much propaganda on tv here, it's incredible........

Investigate, because if we don't do anything, a "Lebanon state" will be our world wide future ! :