DUA KLAHID ASWAD

Du’a, O, Du’a,
You died for love, stoned to death,
Stoned to death by relatives because
You had eloped with your love, what
A perverted Romeo and Juliet story,
Du’a was a Kurd, a Yazidi teenager,
But eighteen years of age, the Sunni
Cleric, who converted her to Islam
And also performed the marriage, told
Her it was safe to return to Beshiqa,
Her village, to be with her family, but
Word got around about this impure
Relationship, her relatives and members
Of the community, who were outraged,
They marched to her father’s home and
Persuaded him to release her to them,
And then proceeded to stone here, yelling
And shouting out of their minds, the
Authorities did nothing to stop them as
The scene was videotaped on cell phone
Cameras and shone around the world,
Retaliations have been fierce by al-Qaida
Executing twenty Yazidi taken from a bus
And then four suicide bombings took place
Simultaneously on August 14, 2007, killing
175 people, I will memorialize you
Duaa Khalid Aswad
A Yazidi martyr, your religion doesn’t
Believe in evil, sin, damnation or the
Devil, I wonder how they will explain
What happened to you, the religion
Also doesn’t condone stoning, it is led
Here on earth by the chief Archangel,
Malak Taus, the Peacock Angel, who
Rules with the six others, the breaking
Of divine law is expiated by way of
Metampsychosis, transmigration of souls,
As souls attain progressive purification
Of their spirits

August 14, 2007