(Photo credit: Andréa Krappweis)
Your only crime was to fall in love.
And that was all there was to it.
What a farce called honour!
When your heart beat wildly with fear,
And you sleep with one eye open,
Then you have a lot to fear!
When the icy glares of your parents and relatives
Sends a chill to your bone and a sword to your heart
Then you’re in big trouble!
When you run wildly through the moors
With the angry face of your father behind you
The snarling breath of your brother on your face,
Be very afraid indeed.
When all you can see, is the bag on your head.
As the man who brought you to the world scream,
‘Rot in hell,’ The heavens shudder!
When you hovered over their heads,
As your lifeless body was hidden from view.
What utter betrayal!
Your only crime was falling in love…
Just another incomprehensible statistics on the
culture of evil perpetuated by hatred.
And a farce called honour!
A class system where the love of a mother ran
cold against the daughter of her breast.
Thanks for reading my poetic thoughts on parents from hell…
S. S. David 
That really is the parents from hell. 🙂
Unfortunately yes, it happens here in the UK, once their daughter is marrying outside the fold, they’ll be silenced! Thanks for your comment.
I didn’t realise it happened so much here. I heard it once. It’s unfair. I know each religion has it’s own codes and things like that, but people should be able to marry for love, not because they have to. And they should be able to marry whoever they want, no matter the race, religion, colour, sex, creature .. .well, creature may be going too far 😉
Yeah it did, there was a girl called Shafilea Ahmed, who went missing in Warrington, Cheshire, her parents have been convicted of her passing! Such waste of life!!
Ha ha, creatures are out of the question…
😀
Yes. Killing someone for love means that they never really loved their child. If they did, they would allow her to be with who she wants
My opinion exactly!
Cheers:)
I must agree with you on marrying whom you please. God is the ultimate judge. This stuff is not for ordinary humans to judge. The parents killing the daughter is in my perspective, pure evil.
Pure evil is the right word for it John, thanks for stopping by:)
Evil is correct, there can be no love when there is no loyalty. Heaven help us if this the future of the world
Heaven help us indeed! Thanks for your visit to my blog! It’s appreciated:)
#.john
I’m not religious in the conventional sense, more independent with much respect for others’ right to choose the religion and perhaps a God too as they feel related to – but people should not play God and that is what is happening here – so absolutely agree with you…
Chilling description. Made my heart hurt – John
Evil hurts, and it happens every day, wish there was something we could all do to stop this kind of things happening!
Frightening & sad reality. And – I wonder is that fear that goes through the mother to not save her daughter. Are they numb by then or just that brainwashed or do they think they gave birth to evil? I just don’t get it.
Possibly she’s been brainwashed and the word of the husband is law. In this kind of scenario, women hardly has a say, she could be frightened and wouldn’t say a word! Thanks for stopping by!
Cheers:)
Ha! This can’t be. It’s unthinkable. Parents killing their children just to fulfil their own intention(s)? God help us all.
Well, I can’t say that such evil–or worst–doesn’t exist in our contemporary world. But then, where is all this leading us to?
A powerful writing, sis.
Only God knows but we can do our bit to change the world. Thanks for stopping by Uzoma!
Blessings:)
there’s no honor in honor killing.
You’re right, no honour in evil!
#.plaridel
Totally agree – rather contrary…
So much emotion!
It was a horrible scenario and what made it so poignant was that it was a true story!
Thanks for stopping by!
Cheers:)
Beautifully written. I look forward to reading more from you. You have such great talent.
Very well written, even it’s a sadly issue… 🙂
Really enjoy your post… 🙂
Thank you for your comment dear friend, we live in a very strange world where people have crazy beliefs and ideas. Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it:)
The thin veil people hide behind within the word honour as a cloak to a corrupt belief in the rights of possession to life, class/cast should never hold value over love and/or life
You’re right dear friend, I wonder what goes through the mind of people!!
Extravagantly written! Great job!
Thank you Salman, you’re so kind!
Cheers:)
beautifully written, chilling. And what a beautiful accompanying photograph: it accurately depicts the barren wasteland of a home in which that poor child grew up.
Thank you for that kind comment, there are more girls like her still living in fear, in a home where they should be safe!
Thank you for stopping by my site, it’s appreciated!
Cheers:)
Powerful and eloquent 🙂
This is so hauntingly conveyed. I was very affected by Shafilea Ahmed’s story when they showed it in a recent documentary. She was just so beautiful. It is impossible to understand the depraved and evil acts some religious beliefs encourage people to perpetrate.
You’ve sum it up well, her death was just unecessary! Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it!
Cheers:)
It’s obviously evil. But it’s also thousands of years of brainwashing. Very hard to fight. The social systems that we Indians and the Arabs built (don’t know much about others) — extremely robust, like iron frames, with powerful defense mechanisms against evolution. It’s going to be a long war.
You’re right Shovonc, it’s a long fight but it’s something worth fighting for. Thank you for your comment and for stopping by!
Blessings:)
“utter betrayal” indeed, and I just cannot imagine being so.
It’s a horrible scenario but unfortunately it happens! It’s real life in its ugliest form…