ISN'T IT ENOUGH?

Isn't enough????

Isn't it enough that our youngesters r lost in the game
A game that has no end and promises glory and fame

Isn't it enough that our sisters are losing their self respect
Forgetting their true identity i believe its time for a reality check

Wheres the community when we need them the most
At times like this the communities should have had their doors open and not be closed

Why must the world be so cruel
Why r we ignoring the quran when its our own tool

The tool to success
A tool that can lower ur stress

Life is too short to waste
And death is a event in everyones lives that all will have to taste

Isn't it enough that our boys r locked up in prison?
And our girls are killing their unborn children without a reason

Isn't it enough that we had to leave our home due to tribalism affairs
We say we want peace but its us who r fueling the fire with more flames and then say we care

My country has been raped of its basic rights
With our countrymen killing each other in endless fights

I miss the land that was so clean n pure
But now it has been diagnosed with a disease that has no cure

Isn’t it enough that our kids r forgetting their mother tongue
Isn’t it enough that the only thing they remember is the noise of the loud guns

Who is to blame?
For getting us into this game

A game that has no beginning or ending
A game that has us believing in a distorted image

Wake up brothers n sisters Somalia waits us
N we surely wont’ succeed by taking the American way of life

Can anybody hear?

Can anybody hear me?
By: Salma Hussein

Can anybody hear me?
Does anybody hear my cry?
What happened to my sons and daughters?
Did they forget about me already?

I have no one to turn to
No one to ask for help
My siblings fight amongst themselves
Blinded by tribalism

I’m so alone
It’s so cold, I dream of having a stable place to call home
Without the fear of bloodshed

What has gone wrong with my people?
Do they not see what is taking place?
Do they not see the path that we are headed towards?
Why isn’t anybody doing anything about this?

Why is the world cold?
Doesn’t anybody care?
The suffrage continues
Starvation increases
Bloodshed continues
While the educated turn the corner

Who is out there for us?
Who am I to turn to for help?
Who am I to seek protection from?
When my own people call war on themselves?

Our children are left their to suffer
Their forced to watch their countrymen kill each other
What kind of image and lesson are we passing on to our youngsters?

We fled to America and other western countries
Believing that life would get better
Little did we know what awaited us?

Our youth fail prey to the American way of life
Leaving behind their religion and culture
Our sons turned to drugs and gang activities
While our daughters abandoned their hijabs and came up with new ways to flaunt their beauties

Who is to blame?
Every person who has every used qabil to divide people
Every individual who cares for their own tribes success while caring little about the others.

I ask is qabil really worth it all?
Having no government for nearly 16 years.
Having our men kill each other for land and power

Somalia belongs to all of us
Regardless of your tribe you’re Muslim first
We need to put our differences aside and celebrate our similarities

Why have we allowed this to go on for this long?
How long can we wait for our country men to finally realize that its not worth it.

Walahi if we continue on in this path
It won’t be long before our language and culture disappears
Is that our goal?
If it is then lets continue on with this division and chaos that has raped us of our beautiful land.
But if we want to have a country to call our own we have to realize that regardless of what part of Somalia you are from were all aiming for the same goal.


A country is nothing without its people
Somalia needs us more than ever
United we stand and divided we fa