“Upon conquering the region of Sinjar, the Islamic State faced a population of Yazidis, a pagan minority existent for ages in regions of Iraq and Shām (Syria). Their continual existence to this day is a matter that Muslims should question as they will be asked about it on Judgment Day.”. Daesh statement of intent, quoted in Hansard, Tuesday 8 February 2022.

 

Tender is the Night
And all her forgotten beauty
People pass out of sight
On this late July midnight
It's still hot on this night of night.
The serpent and the saviour sit
Side-by-side squirming, sweating.
Somewhere in old-England
Where they drink and spit.
Turn a trick, laugh, gaze,  a disguise
Surprised by their all too human eyes..

No truths supplied by our lady moon
I hear a faint silvery tinkling of bells.
Wide-open rosy faces, facing the blackest sky,
Gnarled hands shade the child's terrified eyes

On this day of flowers,
The animals follow
The usual path of the sun
Ripples coagulate like blood
All manner of things
Mirror our big brother sun
Sweet airs fill the breezes
Forgotten summer scents,
O! The billowing of intent

Reed and oak and beech
This beautiful canopy of the living green,
Shimmering in this too bright light
Thunder clouds swarm
Rumble out of sight.

I climb this vertiginous cliff path,
Which connects the now and then
The here and there,
See in all its chasmal beauty.
The brightest of stars
On the blackest of nights
The genocide continues:
Êzidî girls and women sold
As sex slaves by Daesh pigs
in Mosul. 

Man’s abomination, defilement, disgrace
Leaves the gates of heaven firmly closed
And the gates of hell a crowded place..