I am not Charlie
Because I do not use freedom of speech to attack the powerless
Because to do so is not brave, it is arrogance seduced by cowardice
I am not Charlie
Because Charlie is a hypocrite and he serves the powers of a land
That still drips with colonial blood of Africans and Arabs on its hands
I am not Charlie
Because Charlie marches with the world’s tyrants arm in arm
And receives state funding to provoke the vulnerable into causing harm
I am not Charlie
Because you can’t defend freedom but support women’s modesty being banned
Because he is whipping up hysteria to support war in another land
I am not Charlie
Because Charlie is using our sympathy to justify discrimination
And fooling us all into supporting intolerant desecration
I am not Charlie
Hopefully I never will be, and you will realise you are not either
Or we will all end up as flies on the web- spun by Big Brother’s spider.
Hamish Kamoshi © 2015