They say we are.(Islamic Poem)

THEY SAY WE ARE-KARIM EWURA ADAMS
They say we are this
They say we are that
Those are the words on their tongues
For they know not what to use against us

Our name is been dragged in the mud
For the sake of a minute

Have you waited to think for a minute?
Before taking your final minutes
On whom we really are and what we actually do?
Then ask.

Peace and submission to the will of Allah is what we stands for
As beautiful as the name implies
As beautiful as the people are

Tolerance is our hallmark
Humility and respect for all
Our most charitable values
Integrity, we do not joke with
That is why we are always covered from every angle
We love you irrespective of where you are coming from
It is only within us you see no difference between the rich and poor

We believe in the only One Supreme Being
Who sent down Muhammad (SAW) as a messenger to the whole of mankind

From dusk till dawn are foreheads are humbly rested on the earth in honour of He Alone
Care and support for the needy we do not joke with
Be it our last coin
For we cannot feed alone

And when the Holiest month of Ramadan arrives
We welcome it with all spirituality and preparedness
To be filled and nourished with Islamic nutrients

Indeed this is a month we all love in one way or the other
Memuna learns to cook from mum
Adams learns how to slaughter the animal
We join hands to do justice to some bowls of fufu and Tuozaafi
I call it the once in a life time excursion
Visiting the Holy mosque of Saudi Arabia
To pay allegiance to the Allah Almighty

We believe in His ONENESS
Supreme and Eternal
Infinite and Mighty,
Merciful and Compassionate
Creator and Provider
He has neither mother nor father
Neither son nor daughter
He is God of all mankind

We believe in all His prophets and messengers without any discrimination
We also believe in the Zabur that was sent through David,
We believe in the Taurat sent through Moses
And of course our close brother the Holy Bible
And our very own Quran and all other books sent down
Ohhh the beautiful angels
They are wonderful creatures who protect us and monitor our every move
We believe they exist too and they worship Allah just as we do

Yes a day will surely come when the heavens branch of WAEC will give to us all our results
Yes Yaumul Kiyaama
So prepare.
He is the All Powerful God
He planned your life before bringing you here
He has power over our destiny and what He says is final
How beautiful we are as a people
Yet they say we are terrorists, we are murderers and we are barbaric

But I tell them do not judge us for what we have done not
Do not judge us for what Boko haram does
Neither should you judge us by what ISIS nor ALQAEEDA does for they are not from our fold
If they understood true Islam then they wouldnt kidnap innocent young girl, kill innocent souls and force others to join
For true Jihad doesnt mean killing
Our religion says leave them to come if they are willing
Because true Islam starts from the heart
Yes our Religion says Laa iqraa ha fiddeen
There is no compulsion in religion
We are a peaceful and loving religion
We are here for the sake of humanity
Not against humanity
We say love for all hatred for none
Not love for some hatred for some
We fight not with the sword but rather with the pen.

A LETTER TO THE FOUNDING FATHER

Dear father, moons have passed yet I've remained silent
Silent because the people you left behind to take care of us tied our legs, hands and mouth to prevent us from talking
Now you are seen as the worse enemy of the land if you talk for they say you re breeding violence
when in reality you are the true friend of the land.
Father, today my heart and pen bleed simultaneously as I pen down these words
To send through the bottle of schnap and egg I bought from Aunty Mansa shop to get the message across to the land of the silent ones
Father our country has been turned upside down.
She now walks with her head down and legs dancing in the skies
Dear father, the politicians have turned your country into a playground.
They have brainwashed all you children and made them toys controllable by remotes made in china.
Father our country now cannot boast of anything of hers.
They sold Ghana Telecom, Ghana Airways and their conscience.
Our country has now been given to Foreigners.
Father everything in our country now comes from china.
Even the toothpick the judges used to clean their teeth after chewing the goat came from china.
Very soon we will start importing Chinese babies.
The National anthem is now sang in different lyrics ………………………
Father I remember very well how you made all the extensions for agriculture so that your children will be able to feed when you leave.
Unfortunately we now eat rice made in Thailand because the politician has refused to continue with what you started.
Our Tomatoes now does not come from the Upper East Region, the tomatoes now comes from overseas.
Father you left too early. Our lives are messed up now.
Our voices are not heard any longer and our eyes hardly see.
Father, your daughter now has to sleep with the boss of a company to be granted a job when during your time, we had jobs in abundance and we even felt reluctant working.
All the factories you left behind have now become playground for rattle snakes and mice
And the machine parts now the interest of scrap dealers.
Father you foresaw this coming that’s why you built the Akosombo dam.
It is called Dumso.
The Akosombo dam has now become a fish pond yet we do not even get some of the fish.
Dumso is the most powerful individual in our country now

We keep on paying electricity bills yet we sleep in heat and darkness and the only story they tell us is the rains never come yet people die in floods.
We die of electric shocks, our appliances get spoilt, and our foods get rotten.
Now they say if we want to end it then we should pay more.
For God’s sake what wrong have we done to be treated this way.
You introduced, the Accelerated development plan for education
So that we can get educated free of charge.
They introduced the Savannah Accelerated development authority to alleviate poverty in the North
Yet the Guinea fowls they claim ran into Burkina Faso.
They now play with our educational system.
From three years to four years back to three years.
Just like a one two pass between Messi and Iniesta in a champions league final.
First they said, quality education
The others said free education
Now they say free and quality yet our school bills keep reaching rocket heights
And teachers do not even have the expertise.
When the teaching and learning materials are not even available
When our feeding grants never come and our salaries are horded.
You made education free for all not for some
You didn’t end is there
You extended it to health care
Father now our wives and mothers die every day in the hospital
Cholera and malaria kill our children like edwumawura kills the weeds at the backyard
There is nothing like free healthcare now
Father, they now steal our money and they are protected by so called human right.
What then happened to the same rule of law that they talk about?
Even if they are caught by Anas we only hear noise for a week or two and that ends it.
They conceal the truth and defend what is wrong.
Even our student leaders now dance to their tune just because they facilitated their campaigns with cash.
They are always on the front pages of newspapers hailing praises they bought with cash upon themselves.
They act just like the chameleon.
They greet, celebrate and sympathise with us in the morning
And when the sun reaches the zenith they are nowhere to be found
And when the stars show their beautiful faces they come smiling at us like they have done no wrong.
Father you fought against colonialism
Now they lobby for colonialism
They now determine who our traditional rulers should be
They have taken over every part of our country
Your children cannot even decide for themselves any longer even at polls.
They are given money to vote for the wrong people.
Awww father you injected into our veins the spirit of patriotism and unity
Now we fight among ourselves and kill our own brothers just because they are in different party colours.
We do not work for the love of the nation but for the love of money
Even judges now are corrupt
They misuse state property now because they care less
All your children now ran away from Ghana to Akwesi bronis country
And never want to come back because conditions are worse.
How I wish I could turn back the hands of time so that you can take us out of this bondage.
Your son
Karim Ewura Adams.
Arise Ghana Youth and make a difference.