In the swiss built hospital of SOS in Mogadishu an ugly incident happened several months back. A doctor saved a pregnanat women by removing her womb. Her husband demanded compensation for the loss as he claimed that he did not authorize the doctor to take such action. But the doctor insisted that without the removal of the already ruptured womb, the life of the parient wouldn't have been saved. This has led to closure of hospital. The city grew tense. No where women could receive services free of charge other than SOS hospital. Some women died while impasse was being dealt with. Other pregnant mothers lived with worry and tremendous emotional stress as they didn't know where they would go if time came to deliver the baby. When the case was settled, nobody appologized to these mothers and the general public. In this short poem, the womb gives an appology to the people especialy families who lost mothers. It also appologizes to mothers who underwent emotional pain as a result of the hospital closure.
I am An organ. An organ I am
Just an organ albeit important
I am a womb. A ruptured womb I am
From inside my owner I was removed
Gates of trouble were flung open
The steam of bitter row boiled over
compensation demanded
Explanation denied
Doctors drowned in the depths of fear
Hospital services forcefully suspended
Poor mothers became a statistic
Clerics of Islamic courts intervened
With cash payment case was settled
But no one took the blame
No party appologized to public
Nobody sympathized with the mothers
Nobody comforted the breaved families
Tears of pain dried in their eyes
I'm sorry. So sorry I am
Borthers and sisters
People of Mogadishu
Please accept my appology
I'm the cause of this trouble
I'm the cause of this misery
The story and the poem both brought tears to my eyes . i was astonished about this incident when i first heard it on BBC ,Well put Abdinoor . It shows your unique ways at looking at things/situations and for that i salute you.
Sad, touching, powerful. You have moved me to tears.
Reviewed by Fartun Hussein (Reader)
Reviewed on December 26, 2007
This was one of the best poems I have read.
Tears flow to my eyes while I was reading this. Imagining those poor women and what they had to go through, because of one selfish man.
I hope they are getting the care they did now. I don’t blame the hospital, I don’t think they had choice, but they have my gratitude.
this is sad.
the situation you prefaced this poem by is sad and shouldnt have to happen though i know that things in Somalia work a whole lot differently than most other places.
imagine, if a womb could talk, it would be sorry for causing such pain and disruption. but then one would have to argue that the womb was just preforming the duties it was created to perform when something else got in the way and sabotaged its actions...
but i think this is a beautiful gesture.
if no side is "man enough" to admit fault and say sorry to those who lost needlessly in the interim then lets allow the womb to step up and take the blame so that closure can be found.
I believe... in order for growth, comes with it, anquish...
Many an innocent man and women, sacrificed for their betterment, unfortunately. All in all, this doesn't make it an excuse and it depends on who is, the benefactor(?)...(either way, someone is affected)
If only, there was a way to "grow together???"
I sit an ponder over what is more advantageous, a "Headache" or "sitting on the verge of a migraine"...
Fantastic write, sad,sad, subject...
Love and Peace~
We all need it...
Kimmy~
the womb the link between the heavens and earth, the dark to light, the institutions of tribes, the sea that lies, within the beginning of life, in the beginning word was law, womb-man manifestation of the holy ground, the closes to God. The incubation of creations. The one who lives with.
This makes my tears flow Abdi-Noor as I ponder what kind of men are these and then you make me remember with your words that all is not lost, at least not today. Peace and blessings my friend.
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Well written Abdi.
Gerry
Tears flow to my eyes while I was reading this. Imagining those poor women and what they had to go through, because of one selfish man.
I hope they are getting the care they did now. I don’t blame the hospital, I don’t think they had choice, but they have my gratitude.
Fartun!
this is sad.
the situation you prefaced this poem by is sad and shouldnt have to happen though i know that things in Somalia work a whole lot differently than most other places.
imagine, if a womb could talk, it would be sorry for causing such pain and disruption. but then one would have to argue that the womb was just preforming the duties it was created to perform when something else got in the way and sabotaged its actions...
but i think this is a beautiful gesture.
if no side is "man enough" to admit fault and say sorry to those who lost needlessly in the interim then lets allow the womb to step up and take the blame so that closure can be found.
quite a unique idea =)
Many an innocent man and women, sacrificed for their betterment, unfortunately. All in all, this doesn't make it an excuse and it depends on who is, the benefactor(?)...(either way, someone is affected)
If only, there was a way to "grow together???"
I sit an ponder over what is more advantageous, a "Headache" or "sitting on the verge of a migraine"...
Fantastic write, sad,sad, subject...
Love and Peace~
We all need it...
Kimmy~
powerfully sad write; when will all this madness end??
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in america, karen lynn in texas. :( >tears <
*continued prayers to you and your family, and also somalia*
heartbreaking! *tears*
you are still--ALWAYS--in my thougts and prayers
(((HUGS))) and love, karla. :(