It All

I met a woman;
she was a Muslim.

She was forced to lie
at the age of six -
was forced to marry
the husband that beat her -
I thought of Muhammad.

She finally fled
to escape it all
and married an infidel -
a non-Muslim.

With a pure heart
she took to him:
helped ease his pain,
helped heal his liver,
helped raise his son -
I thought of Jesus.

Her father disowned her
for leaving the house
and for leaving Islam;
he told her she was
"dead" to him -
I thought of Muhammad.

The non-Muslim man
didn't know what he had;
took advantage of her
both body and soul -
he broke her heart.

She lived from her car
calling home each day;
asking her father
for forgiveness;
always in dua
with Allah.

He would take her back
on one condition:
she be a man's wife
as part of a family -
as part of a family
business transaction
to seal a deal:
A piece of property -
I thought of Muhammad.

She claims of it all -
"nothing to do with Islam" -
And that she wished
She were a better Muslim.
I thought of it all -
I though of Muhammad:

Who did allow:
the bartering of women;
death for apostasy;
the beating of women;
prepubescent sex.

I thought
of Muhammad
and his Islam:
he was a very
sick man.