It was I

Mon, 12/02/2024 - 10:06 -- Noor D

Keep saying 

If only there was something we could do 

Keep paying 

All your wealth pays for Zionist stealth

Theft of land that's not their own, 

theft of ruined homes 

Can you hear the cries of the children who died

 Their blood running like the tears in their eyes

 

Imagine the lives you've corrupted

the innocent lives you've interrupted

Where is your heart ?...

well it's time to restart 

 

you've ruined classes leaving nothing but shattered,

glass and ...PAUSE….

dreams, hopes, futures ...

Who will speak out for these pioneers who did not live to get their careers and died in their early years. 

Who will explain to an 8 month old who had his parents killed what happened. 

Will you look him in the eye and tell him 

it was I, 

it was I who aided this,

 It was I who cared not for what your people went through,

 it was I who sat in a conditioned house while I saw you suffer through and through

 It was I who made you live your life dark and blue. 

Yet I know you won't have the courage to say this to a child that is discouraged of hearing that they do not have a right, they do not have a right  to protest or resist 

All that is left is the rubble they use to fight back

So It won't help if you just turn back. 

 

They don't need our tears, they need their sea,

 They don't need our money they need their fig and olive trees

They don’t need our food they need to be FREE

They don't need our pity they need our tax dollars to cease

We need action 

and not reaction. 

 

This poem is about: 
My country

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