"The City of the Dead"

Pekhawar, my dear home
once called the the city of flowers
has become the city of sorrows
Murders
Kidnappings
Suicide bombs
the Taliban has the city in fear
and nobody wants to stay here
but there is nowhere left to go
No place is safe we know
Everywhere
Murders
Kidnappings
Suicide bombs
the Taliban are now
everywhere
like a plague they have spread
leaving a trail of my people dead
Murders
Kidnappings
Suicide bombs
everywhere
Pekhawar, my dear home
once called the the city of flowers
Now you are called the city of sorrows
I fear that one day very soon instead
you will be called the city of the dead

Pakistani men arrive at the scene after a bomb blast at Qissa Khawani bazaar in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday May 28, 2009. This was just the latest suicide bombing.