Palestine 1948 to 2011 United Nation reasons
only the poets of olive trees mowed via bulldozers
young men arrested development.Children harassed
Occupation does not mean work .If you look
you will see Palestinians in refugee camps,blockaded
Look closer and see how many confined,restricted
Freedom of speech,assembly and movement curtailed
Taxes collected and withheld from their elected government
Only the poet sees human beings/imprisoned
Only the artist draws and photographs Palestinian refugees
9 killed for bringing aid.More killed every day via drones/bombs/planes
Sitting ducks in their own Holy Land.Walking targets for snipers
Rachel Corrie .Women/children.Discrimination in their own land.
Before you look for atomic weapons in Iran-ask Israel
how many hundreds she is hiding,and why they imprison truthtellers
Only the poet inside you dares ask to see all the wounded
Phosphorus bombs in civilian areas.Cluster bombs in Lebanon
If you know this,how can you be so silent?
Palestine is waiting for the world to acknowledge
This is your life.You are a witness @the birth.
SPEAK!(for Naomi Shihab Nye)
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