We Worship The Same

By Aysha Qamar

you ask me to write a poem

about religion

yet edit it

because we do not

share the same vision

must our perception

be the same

is there not another way

but yours to seek God

why is it

you believe my path

leads to temptation

when our religion

says to respect

each other’s ideology

each form of worship

as all the same

especially when

we answer to

the same name.

 

Aysha Qamar is a graduate student at Rutgers University studying International Law and Gender Equality. In her free time she pretends she can rap as she writes poetry and attempts making gourmet style meals.