behind church pews

four Muslim girls 

sunshine and colour

praying side by side

behind empty pews
inside

St Mary the Virgin Church 

in the old city of Oxford  

each a third-

Christian, Jew, Muslim
each a third-
Black, Brown, White

are we really so different?

or is it all just an empty front?
a never-ending charade
that one day will come to fade

Children of Abraham 

-just let go-