By Nadia Irshād
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I'm in awe of Birth to Martyrdom
I live in a world of lies that call themselves men
they sit about big round tables in secured rooms
pressing and holding down a button smiling
cunning to rush death
they scroll social media feeds, block and ban people who disagree with them
on a good day, they get to do a few PR events and send TikTok dance reels to their friends
I live in a world where lies require press secretaries to speak for them
they are actors, impersonators who call themselves men
they'd wear stilettos on a world stage, nails done and lipstick smeared
and still, they would not be women
where I come from, from the nation of men,
we call these ignoramuses, cowards, flimsy spider webs
"men" who can barely pick up a pen, never-mind a sword,
ride an Arabian stallion or fight for something with a gun in one hand
defending their children, women and land
they are at peak "manhood" when they throw billion dollar bombs from the sky
and even then I bet they close their eyes
splitting atoms, ancient trees, ending bloodlines, taking our elderly, women, children and our men
envy is the root of this affair that started way back when, with Adam
I come from the nation of men, who crush idols
who have children
who have wives
who have purpose
family, neighbours and friends
I live in a country, with a leader who thinks himself a man
a "man" who has never been on the frontline, facing death like a lion
who's terrified of a ten year old boy with a rock
mark my words, rocks will soon be banned
he is incredibly adept at reading off a teleprompter
and dedicated, he can stay up all night,
up till dawn with Diddy's friends
at Pharaoh's house
also Epstein's homestead
I saw "him", scurry in fear of the possibility that an enemy drone might be near
rodents don't die for anything
that role is exclusively just for men
my ancestors were burned alive by one of these button pushers
it was televised
and this fool, that may just make mayor went along with it
whistling, as he strolled, lollipops in his hands
sticky lips, sticky fingers
and you all believe that this is a man?
all of it is fake, worse than a mirage
like their drug dealer healers
fluctuating rules
keep up keep up don't ever turn anything off
the 24 hour 6 o'clock news
marxism or neo-liberalism, libertarianism, super duper capitalism
pick one, red, green or blue
everyone of them shackled,
to busy to notice drinking beer and entertaining themselves
I cackled when I heard the one about a lion in women's clothes
hiding in tunnels and in a far-off mansion counting billions of dollars
his wife supposedly carrying a Hermes through tunnels
this loonie toon projection is just another easy example
every accusation is a confession
these fat fingered folks can't fathom what it is to be a man
this is western mass psychosis
as they campaigned against the feminine
they noiselessly lost all their men
they can't stop
it's as if the machine has overtaken them
the plant manufactures epic tales based on true stories of real men
and then they pack theatres in this insane asylum
it's a spell, that makes them believe the resistance
are the cowards barricaded and bunkered with button-fingers
to whom they write all their cheques
they cosplay heroes, play video games for hours on end
I get it, it's a type of sick subsistence
they're chasing this one unfulfilled wish, to feel something like a man
and here we are my loves,
my people, within the nation of men
with access to The Reality
that fountain of youth
the ultimate elixir these cretins are on the hunt for
bomb Al Sham for
want Al Quds for
and regardless of what they do
they will never have
destined for hunger, perpetually empty-handed with multibillions in their vaults
the scent of musk they can't detect isn't blessed upon them
they will pound the centre of the earth to unearth the desolateness of their own selves
while they bomb every tomb and temple they are blind to the immensity of the river
The water, Al Hayy,
We, the nation of men
will drink from Our Beloved's ﷺ hand
for whom mountains quake, with love
and of course, all this is written
We are the nation of martyrs
when they are called home, our lions leave this sorry place to fly
the pen has been lifted, it's in motion still, like the birds
the beautiful Simurgh of Firdaus