Beloved Land of Tá

Note: Bahá'u'lláh refers to Tehran, Iran as the land of Tá as well as the "mother of the world."

BELOVED LAND OF TA

Oh land of Tá

Misguided souls

Doth hold sway

And sully you

In their ignorant way

Injustice doth

At this time prevail

The beloved among you

They doth assail

Causing throngs to wail

Seemingly

To no avail

Oh mother of the world

You are dishonored so

The rise to your glory

Ever so slow

Seven were chosen

At this time

To bear the burden

For the eternal, sublime

These dear ones

Are not alone

Around the world

They’re remembered

In countless homes

These poor innocents

Brought to harm

Had no weapons

From which to disarm

They had no ambition

No need for contrition

They posed no threat

We of them

Will not forget

Those who have harmed them

Will one day regret

The evildoers cite His name

Upon themselves

They bring shame

Upon themselves

They place no blame

They think by this action

There will be no reaction

That people will stand by

And watch others imprisoned

Or taken to die

Methinks they truly believe

Their own propaganda

That is spun to deceive

They do not

Their own self harm perceive

But vigilant we stand

The day of God is at hand

And one day

He will free that land

And everyone

Will live as one

Hand in hand

As it should be done

For now we pray

And write away

For this is our way

To protect the innocent

From those led astray

Oh dear land

One day you’ll be free

By God’s hand

A day truly grand

-Shiidon, August 2010

As mentioned yesterday, this poem was in my head. I was thinking of the innocent Bahá'í's sentenced to prison for twenty years each after two years without any true due process.

These seven are the most visible believers who are suffering persecution. There are over fifty in prison right now. Cemeteries are desecrated and homes violated or destroyed. This is nothing new in the history of our faith, however, it is an active progrome developed by both the clergy and the government to persecute their largest minority.

Bahá'í's are not allowed to work in several profession. A Bahá'í, for example, can't be an optician. This form of repression was evident in Germany during the Nazi era. And just like that time, it is not the innocent who suffer nor is it the majority of the population that causes the suffering, it is the few misguided souls as well as truly evil people in nature that take mankind down such dark alleys.

Our response and reaction? We write our leaders in every country we reside in, which is almost every country. We ask for prayers. We pray. It is in these truly nonviolent and peaceful means that we respond to such brutality.

Please remember these dear ones in your prayers and thoughts.