I am the wailing wall
In my cracks and clefts
Lay the sorrows of ages
In my stones
Lives man and his loneliness
I am the wailing wall
Come to me
Sit down and empty yourself
I am a sponge
In me I behold the flood
Of human miseries
I have seen man
In his nakedness
It was me on the cross
In human form
Dragged through the streets
Carrying your sins on my back
You love me
Only when I’m a wall
A silent listener
Yes I’m your wailing wall
Come to me
In me dwells
Your lonely God.
Dr. Zaffar Baloch is a Toronto-based political activist who has been associated with the progressive and democratic movement against Pakistan’s military establishment. His focus of activism in Canada is raising human rights abuses in Balochistan such as enforced disappearances of Baloch activists by Pakistani security forces, advocacy for victims of torture and the rights of religious minorities. He is affiliated with the Baloch National Movement and the struggle for an independent Balochistan. He tweets at @ZaffarBaloch
