Gaza
I
watched the news from Gaza
It
appeared on our TV.
Amidst
the dust and rubble,
A
small boy looked at me.
His
eyes spoke of the terror
And
the awful sights he’d seen,
Tortured
by a cruel sense
Of
what life might have been.
I
heard the news from Gaza
On the
internet last night
Of how
today’s Knesset
Marches
with the right,
Its
weaponry imported from
The
good old USA -
Seems
no one can stop them
No
matter what we say.
I read
the news from Gaza
In
language shaped by shame
Of
innocents departed
And
never seen again.
Small
boy beneath the concrete
No
time to run or hide
Buried now forever
In a
place called Genocide.
Awesome. Well said.
ReplyDeleteI tried my best.
DeleteA powerful poem!
ReplyDeleteThe beleaguered people of Gaza deserve that at least.
DeleteChildren mistreated anywhere is just heartbreaking. Your poem captures this.
ReplyDeleteInnocent children are never culpable.
DeleteWell done and you made me cry.
ReplyDeleteThere should be far more tears for Gaza.
DeletePowerful, as Debby said. I missed a lot of the news as a bout of coughing took over, but read it in my newspaper.
ReplyDeleteYou must have been coughing a long time Elsie.
DeleteVery bad cold.
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ReplyDeleteBroken-hearted indeed.
DeleteA heartfelt poem on a very sad situation.
ReplyDeleteI did my best to hone this poem - which at one level is meant to appear quite naive.
DeleteSuch a sad, infuriating situation aided and abetted by the "land of freedom."
ReplyDeleteWith Joe Biden and his team at the helm, I suspect that Israel would have been obliged to show proper restraint. Under Taco Trump, they appear to have a pass to do anything.
DeleteA place called Genocide. It's a great poem. Our countries likethe UK and America should stop supplying weapons to Israel.
ReplyDeleteSaying that - you might be accused of antisemitism. It is so often a facile accusation to make.
DeletePowerful poem
ReplyDeleteShame we cannot bash warmongers over the head with poems.
DeleteA simple, almost naive poem, that packs a powerful punch. 💔
ReplyDeleteI am glad you recognised that deliberate naive quality Diaday.
DeleteAn excellent poem - written from the heart.
ReplyDeleteThanks for even reading it Carol.
DeleteThe innocence of childhood taken. Thank you for sharing your poem.
ReplyDeleteWhen soldiers and military planes can kill children with impunity, something is very wrong.
Deletepowerful words my friend...... i am sure someone like Bonio could take these words and put some catchy tune to them? Mebbe you should drop him a line? My flippancy masks the sense of utter sadness and lack of ability to affect things on this scale
ReplyDeleteI thought Bonio was a dog biscuit, did U2?
Deleteok chum.... i'am's-orry but that takes the biscuit!
DeleteCausleyesque. Though I doubt he would have committed "a place called Genocide." Maybe we should be saying "Amen, amen amen amen amen."
ReplyDeletePraise the Lord and pass the ammunition!
The world can gather together peace keeping forces. It is a rhetorical question as to why this hasn't happened. We all know why Israel can do what it is doing. I hasten to add I am not a supporter of Hamas, who tortures and kills gays, adulterers, possible informers...the list is long but perhaps doesn't include male rapists. This is about being a human being who doesn't like to see other humans suffer.
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