It’s what I saw

I love life but…

I walked past a mosque where people were rushing to pray because they were afraid of being punished for their sins, while a baby bird was screaming his lungs out and no one heard him panic under their feet. I think of him always because my boss convinced me to hang him in a tree nearby in some tissue box. I never saw him again. They told me he died. I should have listened to my instinct and checked on him rather than to my obligations to a job I loved but they never wanted me to learn properly, rather wasted my time with their ego issues making do irrelevant tasks. It was always about competition, nothing else.

I went to church where everyone was praying for salvation, sharing food made at its best, while none of the homeless were invited to any of it. They were all praying for attention from Jesus. I’m sure that’s not what he taught us.

In another church people were like zombies listening but not hearing or else they would have told him “what you said is not true”.

I’m not saying those prayer houses are anything wrong. They teach us good things too but we choose to hear what makes us feel better not what the truth is.

I see people, us, pray for more, and more. We say amen to all the good prayers, but never do anything to change the world ourselves, not even pick up the trash we throw on the streets. Sadly, some of this trash are precious books many would love to afford.

I was working with people who were obsessed with prayer but were laughing at children who were posted on the UNESCO website simply because they were black and not of the same religion. I don’t even know how people could laugh at something like that to be honest. They were trying to convert me. When I asked isn’t it enough to believe in God?( I really didn’t want to change my religion because I found myself through it.) They kindly said no…

I went to Palestine and saw how Palestinian people who did not belong to the authorities were treated. If you don’t “belong “ to someone, then you don’t get to upgrade your living from miserable to a little less miserable, knowing that you can only wonder around where you are “permitted “ to. I saw a man in the Arab bus in Israel terrified from the soldier, who was picking on him in front of his children. She hated me looking at her but I kept my eyes on her. A girl who goes to college had to leave the bus because she forgot to carry her permit. The bus driver told her “I’m sorry, I can’t do anything “.

In another country… I saw a man asking for change money being pushed away because the people care about getting off the train on time. His feelings were their last of worries. The majority didn’t even care about anyone around begging for a couple of change money which lies months in our piggy banks.

In some eastern countries laborers are slaves. Many can’t even afford an apartment in the building they built or a piece of clothing they sewed for us.

Western countries are opening doors to everyone but why aren’t nonwestern countries doing the same?

Did you not notice how all European countries have no say anything? Either Russia or the US or China decide for us. We go along… They waste time with opinions and the body count rises…

I won’t lie. I got distracted with games, trends, politics, smoking, health issues… You name it… But once you see, you cannot not see.

There are wars,… there are prayers…

Nothing else…

And still we want more…