\u201cI don\u2019t know why\u201d says a Rohingya.
\nBut I thought I didn\u2019t know the answer to why
\nBut I know, I know why, I know why and why<\/p>\n
I know the state of the Rohingya life in Arakan
\nThese are regular people, their families, I know why they cry
\nI know they don\u2019t have any protection in Arakan
\nI know Rohingyas are scared, hungry and they cry<\/p>\n
I know the answer to why
\nThe world is a strange place, so strange!
\nLeaders don\u2019 hear anything. even when they can hear the tides making sound in the bay
\nStrange, they don\u2019t hear the Rohingya cries<\/p>\n
I know why,
\nI can hear the cries from the Rohingya house on fire,
\nI can hear from the smoke in the air,
\nI can hear from the water, bring the waves to my door steps in the Atlantic
\nI can hear the weeping of the old man in despair, the cries of the young woman who just lost her beloved husband
\nthat is lying on the road by the paddy field<\/p>\n
I know why
\nWhy in Burma a Rohingya man is captured and taken to a slaughter house
\nA man goes to his farm in the morning to work but never returns
\nThe family finds him slaughtered in the village road next to his house.<\/p>\n
I know why
\nwhen a woman is raped in front of her mother-in law.
\nA mother is raped in front her children by the military man
\nI know it is racism
\nI know it is Burmese way of meditated Buddhist killing
\nI don\u2019t think it\u2019s Buddhist yazna<\/p>\n
I know why
\nI know Burma lives in the past
\nI know Suu Kyi collects prizes but doesn\u2019t want to use the name Rohingya!
\nI don\u2019t want to know why<\/p>\n
I want to know
\nSaddam didn\u2019t possess WMD but he had to lose his country and his life.
\nGaddafi didn\u2019t possess WMD but he had to lose his country and his life. I don\u2019t know why
\nSo, I ask myself, is this 21st century?<\/p>\n
I wonder, I want to know
\nWhat is the purpose of me being here on earth?
\nWhy do I call myself a human when Rakhine Monks kill the Rohingya and their killer leaders Aye Maung, Aye Chans who agitate villagers to kill Rohingya enjoy respect<\/p>\n
Why these leaders don\u2019t I live on mars, as the Martians?
\nWhy they are here?
\nWhy an anti Rohingya is the UN representative in Arakan, an anti Rohingya Namibar is the UN representative in Burma? Why Annam can\u2019t meet the Rohingya leaders?
\nWhy, why why?<\/p>\n
I know why
\nI call myself civilized
\nBecause I cry when a Rohingya cries
\nI call myself civilized when a helpless Rwandan, Cambodian cries
\nBut I wonder why are Martians occupy our earth as respectable leaders?<\/p>\n
We call ourselves civilized
\nI don\u2019t know why says a Rohingya
\nI say I know why.<\/p>\n
I say Burma lives in the past but Suu Kyi collects noble and more prizes
\nfrom Martian leaders.
\nShe doesn\u2019t recognize the Rohingya I know why
\nWhy, why, why?<\/p>\n
Many people can\u2019t write poems to vent their sorrows
\nThey are too shocked, aghast, they are too many,
\nthey cry. I know why
\nI know the killers are Martian monsters,
\nThey deserved to be captured and tried
\nUnless they hide, they run with their lives<\/p>\n
I hear little Rohingya children and worried women
\nin despair, they need urgent help
\nThey need help
\nI know why.<\/p>\n
_______________________________________________<\/p>\n
Dr. Abid Bahar is a playwright and public speaker now teaching in Canada.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cI don\u2019t know why\u201d says a Rohingya.
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