A MALE MUSLIM POST 7th July 2005
(Copyright 26th July 2005)

London,
My home, my livelihood, my family,
I feel London, breathe London, sleep London.

Overnight,
Things have changed,
I no longer belong, feel the same,
The actions of a few,
Have branded us all,
Perceptions have altered,
Realities differ,
People no longer sit next to me on the tube.
I feel the stares,
The doubt, the paranoia, the uncertainty.

I am a Muslim,
With worries the same as you,
The mortgage, the bills, the wife and kids.

I am a Muslim,
I have my faith,
Peace will override,
The carnage will subside,
But will these perceptions ever change?

UMM IBRAHEEM