We encourage you to share this poem written just days ago. The sadness, the frustration, the outrage, the inspiration can be felt with each line. Thank you, Majid, for sharing your poem with us. Her murder and her life will not be forgotten. As you have said in your poem, "Freedom fighters never die." #JusticeForFarkhunda
Happy Rebirth Dearest Farkhondeh
I searched the most beautiful flower to name after you,
Happy Rebirth Dearest Farkhondeh
I searched the most beautiful flower to name after you,
What a useless search,
You are the most beautiful flower.
I searched a flower that blooms all year
round,
What a useless search,
Your name is a message that blooms for
eternity,
Even in fall and winters of humanity.
I searched for a word to describe your
courage
What a useless search,
Your name is the most courageous name.
I searched the tallest mountain to scream
your name
What a useless search,
You are the tallest mountain.
I screamed your name from the top of my lungs
What a useless act,
Your silence is the loudest voice.
They killed your earthly body to silence you,
What a useless act,
Your message got eternal life.
They killed you to rest in peace,
What a useless act,
You are resting in peace,
And your enemies have no peace.
Your blood isn’t shed in vain
It irrigated the seedling of the freedom,
Not
only in
Afghanistan but around the world.
Your innocent life isn’t wasted,
Your spirit was the badly needed IV for the
cancerous body of
humanity,
Humanity is richer because of you,
Jesus was crucified, his message lived
forever,
Your message will live too.
They torched your lifeless body to extinguish
the fire of freedom
and justice,
What a useless act,
Your chard bones carried on the shoulders of
Afghan lionesses
Sparked a fire hotter and brighter than the
sun.
I wanted to cry for your tragic death,
What a useless act,
Freedom fighters never die.
Majid,
Savannah GA, March
26, 2015