we are persistence,
and you, intolerance,
embodied in human form,
hastily you whip up hatred,
like the storm clouds
during the monsoon,
gust after gust after gust,
you come down on us,
like locust swarms flying
a thousand miles across the sea
you engulf our nostrils, our eyes,
our faces with pepper spray,
and you laugh today,
your hearts made of stone,
ours made of supple sponge,
soft yet strong,
absorbing; absolving,
our patience
and our prayers
elastic.
Farah Didi (nee Faizal) (20th century) Maldives
Source: exiled writers ink
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