Will this nightmare ever end?
How many more souls have to perish?
Will the criminals ever feel satisfied?
How many more babies need to be mutilated,
Before this barbarity cease to be?
Many ask in bewildered rage and righteous anger
Hearts on fire… Ablaze
Minds gone astray
In search of an answer
Eyes glued to blooded screens
Tortured if we look,
Tortured if we turn away
Charcoaled bodies
Headless babies
Blood-soaked shoes
Bags of flesh
Human remains
Disfigured faces
Hands hanging out
Under tons of stones
Images of atrocities
Sizzle in our psyche
Screams of horror
Throb inside piercing our souls
Humanity forced
to become a witness:
To watch extreme brutality
of man against man
Innocence slaughtered in broad daylight
Babies burned in their mothers arms
TERROR… TERROR
with no end in sight
Yet, at the hands of Western Media
and chambers of power
scandals unfold
Truth is kept hidden,
With mountains of lies
Palestinians, the true victims of genocide
Eighty years, of perpetual Nakba
Their homes usurped and land occupied
Before “Judaeo-Christian values”
Jesus’s beloved stand vilified:
“terrorists”
“raped Jewish women”
“beheaded 40 Jewish babies”
When the opposite is verified
At the altar of Jewish supremacy
Humanity’s martyrs crucified
Their extermination
“fully justified”
Collective consciousness pulverised
“Values” Disgraced
Conscience taunted without respite
Torn between what eyes have seen
and the lies uttered on TV screens
Before our mystified eyes
Good and evil clash head to head
Their supporters, polarized
The battlefield is the holy land
HORROR… HORROR
No one can claim they didn’t see
No one can claim they didn’t know
No one can claim they don’t understand
Frantically flicking up and down
Our hand-held devices,
Searching for a meme of hope
To like and share
A gaze of comfort
To soothe our soaring pain
Some words of wisdom
For peace-yearning souls
Indeed, without fail
Palestine comes to the rescue
We stumble upon a smile
Gorgeous, made in Heaven
A war-stricken child
With a tear in her eye, refusing to fall down
A little girl with no limbs at all
“We are not leaving”
“we are not going anywhere”
She cries with gleaming eyes
“Here we stay”
“A bone in their throats”
“A thorn in their eyes”
A little boy, a sweet smile,
Raising the victory sign
“Free Free Palestine”
“Free Free Palestine”
“Here we live, and here we shall die”
Awe-struck
Filled with hope again
Soul finds solace,
Somehow
Despite all the pain and horror
Palestinians are holding tight
Against all odds,
They remain steadfast
Courageous, resilient
Dignified and humane
Freedom is precious
Dignity is worth the fight
Curious, we ask
But, how, what, where and why?
How come they never give up?
Where does this sumoud come from?
Why do they never lose hope?
What keeps their humanity intact?
Faith and Trust
Without a shadow of doubt
With God Almighty,
The Creator of Heavens and Earth
There is no coincidence
Nothing is left to chance
Every life has a purpose
Every action has a reaction
Every deed has an impact
The All Aware, Most Fair,
Most Graceful, Most Merciful,
Most Wise, Most Loving, Most Kind
Neither oblivious nor unaware,
Never overtaken by forgetfulness or slumber
Palestinians know!
“Alhamdulillah”
When they are grateful
“Alhamdulillah”
When in pain
This nightmare will come to an end
Insha’a Allah
“Alhamdulillah”
Praise and glory
Love and gratitude
Be to Allah
No matter what we go through
Blessed are the merciful
The wicked are the fools
Their suffering is not in vain,
Nor is their sacrifice
They burn like a candle to cast darkness away
For the world to rise and shine
No one is inferior, No one is superior
“chosen” is a self-inflicted harm
Do away with “chutzpah”,
Humble your souls
Don’t be a plight
We are but sisters and brothers
So love one another
Scatter seeds of Justice,
So peace may prevail
For us, Palestinians
It’s a win-win situation
If we survive the genocide
We would be reunited with our homeland
Living a life of dignity
Celebrating Life with utmost joy
BUT
If we die or get exterminated
Our death is only a pathway
To a World Unseen
Where souls dwell serene
Forevermore
Every one dies
The one and only truth
No one denies
Trying to run away
Won’t save your day
But
How did you live
For what did you die
Will certainly ordain
Your final destination
If destined to die
We embrace our destiny
With grace
Grateful for the gift of life
Overjoyed for returning Home
“To God we belong, and
To God we return”
Moreover
Our faith, love, hope,
Steadfastness and resilience
Will inspire the world
Expanding its consciousness
Beyond the cosmos
Into a realm Divine
Infinite, Magnificent, Endearing, Sublime
If our martyrdom would
Raise the humanity’s values
Shape a better future
Our sacrifice is not in vain
Anchored like mountains
Justice may prevail
Compassion sways delightful
Meadows lush abound
Peace, scented nectar
Dazzling colours dumbfound
Love of God reigns
Sweet Supreme
Love of creation
Flows like a stream
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Poetry for Palestine 