I Wore the Veil I wore the veil And then so many, so many words were said I wore the veil Yet I mostly wore these words And then wrapped them around my head You see… it’s never too easy To act upon a held belief The earth was after all once upon a time Said to be flat And then so many minds had to think To fight against that So many had to think, read, and write To disprove that fact See… we are always misunderstood Whether we do this or that It is not the addition or the removal of clothing That is the problem, in fact I wore the veil and to me It was a faithful step To you it must be a new haircut Or a fashionable type of hat Not a political statement And not a religious act I do not want to hear your words Nor do I want to be stared at Although… I must confess That in the streets of Brazil I was slightly overdressed In a country were suits=swimming suits I must have looked like a gest I got people smiling to me… and taking Pictures with me… oh well, be my guests A drunk man actually came and prayed to me And I pretended to be divine And said, “Oh Lord may you be blessed!” Yet, I am still so perplexed I had to question and question In order to fulfill that quest And yes… We do live in a world Where you are judged by what you dress Yet I wasn’t forced to wear it by my father And please stop it with the word “oppressed” These stereotypes are old And the world has progressed So maybe it’s time we give it a rest And put aside our judgments All I want to do in life is to follow this faith And comply with the modesty it requests I am not here to verify or to manifest I am neither an Arab uprising…nor a revolutionary conquest I just want to sleep at night with peace In my chest Because at the end, after all your words, Criticism and protests It is I who goes back home at night And lies in my bed alone After a long day of all this social unrest My mind starts to float and to rest This is it more or less Why call it faith or sacrifice If the whole world is to acquiesce.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 21:11:20 +0000