All the bomb had to do is tick
And fifty girls were blown up so quick
As they seemed to have a normal school day
Little did they know death was on their way
As parents searched hospitals for their little one
Why were they bombed? What had they done?
All they sought was education
Which for girls wasn't encouraged in their nation
Little girls now cry and say
They don't want to go to school and at home want to stay
Women there always live in constant fear
Day after day, year after year
Let us hope there is a day
Where they no fright will display
~Yuti Naha
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A Sonnet of Sorrow
PoetryHeartfelt sorrow for the incident which took place today. Attack on Sayed-al-shuhada school, a tragedy having taken 85 lives, many of them being innocent girls attending schools. May God grant them lives again as strong empowered women.
