As The Black Wind Withers

I shut the coffin's lid,
And the light dies in your eyes,
As you ebb into the deepest abyss,
The dust echoes mournful cries.

Pitiful visions appear,
And the earth heaves a sigh,
As the black wind withers,
The cold dark sun dies.

No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure,
The lamentable loss of you.
The sun has perished, and no hope comes,
From across the lightless fissures of consciousness.

Icy winds turn us into ashen white ghosts,
And the trees subdue to the great cold,
As the oceans freeze,
The wind of extinction engulfs us.

I open your coffin,
And gaze into your long dead eyes,
As they clench me into misery,
The last of me.., dies.

Religious Extremism

Extremism is an ideology to hold extreme opinions or to take extreme actions. Sometimes referred as fanaticism, this ideology originated in the twentieth century, the extremist belief had little or nothing to do with religion. Although with Jewish Zionism and more recently the struggle in the name of Islam, extremism took a whole new turn. Religious extremism can be defined as, excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on religion; religious frenzy. It can be on individual level and on a much larger organizational level. Religious extremism finds its roots in the suppression of minorities, resulting in the uprising and instigating revolt in them. It can also be because of some theological viewpoints of a group. Views that compel them to fight those who they consider as infidels or the enemies of God and finally to receive everlasting rewards in the afterlife. Examples of these can be the most wanted terrorist organization in the world, Al-Qaeda, the suicide bombers in Pakistan, and on a much organized and secure level, the Zionist and Christian extremist groups. 

Al-Qaeda (which has been the focus of the world since 9/11 and the sole reason for the initiation of War on Terror) is an international group of extremist militants. According to the United Nations, it is a terrorist organization. Headed by Osama-Bin-Laden, Al-Qaeda‘s origin is more or less ambiguous. According to the writer and journalist, Adam Curtis, Al-Qaeda is an American invention. It was created to be used as a trigger to start the War on Terror, or the crusade against Muslims, as it was once referred to after 9/11 by George W. Bush. Whether it is an American invention or not, is a debatable issue. What we do know of the organization is the fact that it has been involved in matters of religious extremism. Incidents like the World Trade Center bombing, to taking innocent lives in countries it consider as “Enemies of Islam” cannot be justified under Jihad. Al-Qaeda usually resorts to suicide attacks or systematic simultaneous bombings in areas it consider as targets. Although not every attack is triggered by Al-Qaeda, but usually the blame is put on it. The question is what promotes Al-Qaeda to act in such a manner? What is the force compelling them to take innocent lives? Is it the fundamentalist Islamic approach? To be simple and precise, no, it isn’t. Then what exactly is the reason? The reason is the closed militant mindset. Certain power groups brainwash young minds and justify these heinous acts as Jihad. On another note, media also has a major role to play in it. When Irgun explodes the King David hotel resulting in massive innocent lives, it is not commended on a global level, it is not referred to as “Jewish Extremism” not only that, it’s year anniversary “celebrated” by Israel does not make news. And then we witness a suicide attacker, who due to many a reasons of illiteracy and hunger, manages to act is the way he is brainwashed to, the Media refers to it as “Islamic Extremism”. Is this a prime example of double standard on the part of media and the world against Islam? Yes. 

We witness, Menachem Begin, the supreme commander of the world renowned Zionist Terrorist Organization, Irgun, receiving the Noble Peace Prize. Irgun along with Hagganah are the leading Jewish Terrorist organizations, which not only refer to Non-Jews as “gentiles” but have carried operations of terrorism and extremism on a global level for years. What drives these organizations to take these extreme actions? The Zionist movement focuses on military might and suppression of Non-Jews in the land given to them by their religion, the land of Israel. On a democratic level, these extreme actions of terrorism can never be justified. Though religious frenzy and fanaticism has always proved the golden words, that, “end justifies means”.

 

Extremism is a label put on a group of people for political or religious benefits by a stronger nation or a group. Whether is it Judaism, Christianity or Islam, extreme actions result in extreme reactions. Suppression results in frustration and fanaticism. Some views lie in the North and some in the South, some to the extreme right and some to the extreme left, a conflict of views is eminent. Neither one might be wrong, because usually, the truth lies in the center. Finally as Micheels-Cyrus indicated; “Nonviolence doesn't always work - but violence never does.”

The Rise of the United States of Abhorrence

With the fall of Soviet Union, America emerged as the sole superpower of the world. A hundred and sixty two years of isolation helped America build her economy and military might. By the end of the Second World War, the country came out as a formidable force in the world; a sleeping giant out of a long period of hibernation. The leviathan nation stood upon an enormous energy deposit, which made her self-sufficient in almost every field; and thus helped America in her policy to stay out of world politics for as long as she had.

With the sphere of influence that spans the whole globe, it isn't hard to imagine why countries look at America as their protector of rights and the messiah of freedom. It isn't hard to imagine why countries like Israel, England and Pakistan will not accept USA as their leader; when America itself is obliged to act as one.

"Free nations are peaceful nations; free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." ~ George W. Bush, President, USA.

The irony lies in the fact that America currently has the second largest active and non-active stockpile of WMDs, and to this day remains as the only country to have used nuclear weapons against another nation. Yet it remains the embodiment of peace, freedom, liberation and sovereignty. The question is why? Not only why the double-standard, but why the whole world turns a blind eye to it? The answer lies in the strong economy of our superpower, the formidable military power and the constant manipulation of facts & figures through media by the Bush Administration.

"Freedom is the non-negotiable right of human dignity." ~ George W. Bush

It very well is, but then again;

"There ought to limits to freedom." ~ George W. Bush

Is this contradiction? Or is it an example of hypocrisy and double-standards on part of the ruling regime of America? How America has affected the globe and/ world politics can be answered through various real-life examples.

The Great Depression resulted in not only the stock market crash of USA, but the collapse of world economy at an unprecedented level. As it was still helping Europe to recover from the disasters of First World War, the stock market crash left America with a great depression of herself. With the aid cut to England and her allies, who practically ruled the majority of the world; it resulted in a catastrophe of an unparalleled level.
This did not only prove that American economy was the backbone of the world, but that survival of other countries without American support was not a reality.

July 16, 1945 saw the first ever test of a nuclear weapon, nicknamed "Trinity". Soon after, the Soviet Union had also claimed itself as a nuclear state, and an arms race started between the then superpowers; something that has become a global phenomenon today.

After the Second World War, the world found itself a chessboard on which two players tried to dominate one another in a Cold War. Whether at the time Capitalism dominated Communism or not, the globe transformed into two blocks and sided with either the Soviets or the Americans. And the defeat of Communism brought an end to the bi-polar world. Now the world had only one power to look up to, only one nation, USA. Not very surprisingly, Capitalism engulfed the world with America as its torch-bearer.

Education brought drastic changed in America and a local network between Universities soon transformed into the World Wide Web. The whole planet was now a global village. Something which again originated from the heart of America, took the whole world by amazement and the followers' faith strengthened.
If it was America's security at stake, the planet itself felt insecure. September 11, 2001, our superpower was taken by surprise.

"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended." ~ George W. Bush

And it wasn't the freedom of a single state, but the whole world. A country unable to figure out a hi-jacked plane en route to attack the WTC, within no time pointed her finger to Osama Bin Laden, in Afghanistan. A third world country was bombed to dust, for a single individual, labeled as a 'prime suspect'. Thousands perished and millions supported, because it was the world freedom at stake. Iraq was her next target and WMD was the accusation. No wonder if American security was under threat, the world security too was intimidated. If oil was America's interest so were the worlds. We witnessed another nation decimated to the ground and through media, the WMD accusation, cleverly removed from the gullible minds of people.

"Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." George W. Bush

With those words coming from the Head of the superpower which nation will not follow? Aid and security concerns are more than enough for any country to deliberately catch cold when Mr. Bush sneezes. Though obviously this cannot be taken as a threat or a statement that would question security and peace in the world, because it s coming from "freedom itself". It isn't hard for us to imagine how the declining price of dollar is affecting the ever-growing commodity prices in the world; and how in a hierarchy America always finds itself at the top of the chain.
They say, "Might is Right" and it has been proved since time immemorial, the world is in a state of anarchy, and the survival of the fittest is mother nature's unshakeable law.

Finally as Bush said, "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." The world did not take time to make its realistic decision.

Heaven Laid In Tears!

In isolation and desperation
Where Words weep
and tears that speak
Of misery and regression

Words gone unsaid
Waiting for the last breath
Locked inside a cage
Where we envy the dead

Washed away by the rivers of time
Dreams of Forbidden Eden
The unnumbered days Of Mirth
An endless prime

Smeared away by betrayal
Unanswered prayers for years
A mournful portrayal
...Of Heaven Laid in Tears

On life's unfathomable sea
We go, lonesome and tired
Godspeed to us!
For that is all which is now required!

Funeral Symphony

On the isolated shore

Where heaven cried

And the earth sigh'd

Vengeance, I swore

Hypocrisy on the cross

Unbearable to the feeble mind

This scenery of loss

I buried you with the dead mankind

Requiem for a dream

And now for you..

This Funeral Symphony

Reigned supreme

Misery I inflicted

Through this lovelorn rhapsody

On the desolate soul

This morphine cloud, the only remedy

Devoured by this hatred

Bells chimed and the fiddle played

The horrid Funeral Symphony forever

I was now emptier than ever

Frozen Beyond the Echoes of Laughter

Looking over that lonesome cliff

Creeps in memories of olden days

Where once sunrays glittered

Now lay dreams.. shattered

Once again.. arcane rain fell

And the tormented souls,

bid their farewell

Life succumbed to mere oblivion

And the loss of innocence

Gave birth to pestilence

We were now,

Frozen beyond the Echoes of Laughter

"Blazing furies of rage

Last of all the age

So Merry the face of death"

Whispered the Sage

Embrace us, eternal slumber

Forsaken by the world

We were now,

Frozen beyond the Echoes of Laughter

Farewell, the days of mirth

Hail misery.. and the profoundest hell

And hail the somber, mournful meadows..

"Wasn't it all the same.. since our birth?"

Life & Hope.., Shrivel into the Void

Dream of Elysian Fields

And of the highest heaven

Fancy I, the riveting views

Eden, my only muse

Attend I, to the chirping of birds

Fancy I, the grass-hopper

And ride in the hazy forest

Known was I, the strongest

Fancy I, the heavenly themes

Fancy I, the gushing streams

But All I see.. and all I hear..

Burning trees.. and dying screams

Rise and Fall

Stumble across the wall

The fragile.. twisted mind..

Fancies no more..

No more do I envision the Elysian Fields

No more do I fancy the deceiving heavenly themes

No more do I care for the riveting views

Perdition, my only muse

Life and Hope.. Shrivel into the void.