the epitah (qutba)

why is happiness tinged with sadness
and sadness tinged with happiness

death rains crimson


demented followers' spree
invoking heavens
killing the innocent
the despicable glee and fury
their ritual dance of death
with praises for the unseen
and curses and diatribes
for their victims

tunneled existence
thwarts reason

the epitah will read
the raison d'etre
of the nation's birth
is the cause of its death?