[Vision2020] Sisters (By Jym Mooney)

[Tom Hansen]

This poem draws a correlation between feminism (what I like to refer to as
the "Sisterhood") and post-911 paranoia.

 

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Sisters

 

Author: Jym Mooney

 

Tune: The Tarrier's Song

 

As I watched the towers crumble

On that Tuesday full of dread

A thousand thoughts and feelings

Went spinning through my head

But I am just a high school girl

I am not rich or strong

What can I do to help the world

Recover from such wrong?

 

And then I heard some Muslim girls

Who go with me to class

Were being rudely taunted

Hounded and harassed

Their headscarves marked them Muslim

And drew the hate and jeers

Of those who let their reason

Be clouded by their fears

 

I am your sister

And I'll stand by your side

You are my sister

And your scarf I'll wear with pride

If anyone is cruel to you

They'll have to answer to me too

For we are sisters

And cannot be denied

 

So I resolved to wear the scarf

Just like my Muslim friends

To show my solidarity

And try to make amends

For fools who rush to judgment

Instead of thinking issues through

And wrongly blame the many

For the actions of a few

 

I am your sister

And I'll stand by your side

You are my sister

And your scarf I'll wear with pride

If anyone is cruel to you

They'll have to answer to me too

For we are sisters

And cannot be denied

 

Yes I am just a high school girl

But I can take a stand

When I see the blameless targeted

I can offer them my hand

And we will work together

To find harmony and peace

For evil must be fought at home

As well as overseas

 

I am your sister

And I'll stand by your side

You are my sister

And your scarf I'll wear with pride

If anyone is cruel to you

They'll have to answer to me too

For we are sisters

And cannot be denied

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