Only Tears

I am in search of answers
To questions that haunt my thoughts
Upon what scroll will these tears make their mark
And what words will suffice to trace the tragic end
For what crime was my Lady felled
And for what sin was Muhsin slain
Beside which Prophet will this ummah stand
When they are asked about an unmarked grave and a door that crushed
With what name will they plead for intercession
They who deprived Ali of his God-given companion
What sorrow will capture the moment when time stood still
And Zahra watched again her Muhsin struck by Hurmula’s arrow
For what purpose were veils snatched from those
Whose chastity is known on the earth and praised in the heavens
Along which river did the ark of salvation pass
Yet Abbas died thirsty at a shore
What science is needed to explain why the skies wept blood
When Zahra came down from the heavens and mourned her beheaded son
I have no answers for My Lady, only tears
Only tears can answer these questions.

-Shahida-