The spirits of the dead
cry out to the living in
Dushti Laila
their voices carried across the sands
by the nightwind.

listen

so many voices
crying out in the wilderness
justice for the dead of
Dusti Laila.

as you drive across the desert
you can see the sun bleached bones of the victims,
for you can hide nothing forever
in the desert, the shifting sands and
the animals will expose
that which killers wish to hide.

and so it is in Dushti Laila
this place of mass graves
where only the spirits of the dead
will stay forever.