by Bilal Saloo and Mohammed Barber
Life
Innocence
Weakness
Fear
Heartbreak
War…
War…
Urban dictionary says war does not tell us who is right, but who is left
Who is left?
Another 35 were buried yesterday
The youngest eight
More than two decades later,
We are still discovering
We are still burying
We have more yet to remember
More than two decades later.
Abdulah Salkic
Nezir Salkic
Redzo Salkic
Ahmo Omerovic
Abid Omerovic
Behadil Omerovic
A few, Lest we forget
Families torn asunder in this world
Who can only be reunited in the next
Let our still-weeping hearts not stop our words
Let us not forget,
The stories felt by the heart,
Let us not forget
Those who no longer are
Let us remember that genocide did not start with gas chambers
But with thoughts, words and sentences
Of us and them and them and us
And left to fester this poison kills
So let us make a pledge
I pledge to remember the victims and the survivors
I pledge to learn, to educate, to protect
I pledge to take action and not stand by
I pledge to stand up to hatred in all its forms
I pledge to challenge persecution
I pledge to end the scapegoating
I pledge to put aside us and them
I pledge to find common ground
I pledge to not forget our common humanity
I pledge to remind those that do
I pledge to build a safer world
I pledge to start with my own community
I pledge to start with those I know
I pledge to start with myself
I pledge.