Palestine

Terry Hopper

Luton, Bedfordshire

United Kingdom

 

Another day in paradise,
Nobody cares or glances twice,
The children scream, as mothers weep,
Shrapnel blasts and scars run deep,
The world it turns it blind eyes shut
Amidst the blood, the wounds, the cuts
How we stand and turn away,
Upon deaf ears, not word we say,
The plight of people, innocent lives,
Who just want freedom, and to survive,
Under oppression and occupancy,
Unlike us, both you and me,
No aid convoys or flotillas flow,
Waters cut and seeds don`t grow,
The olive tree she once stood tall,
Now charred and chopped, made to fall
This broken land, with rubble strewn
Will never dance to the invaders tune
The world has turned it back on us,
No more the fool, no more we trust,
And as the bombs reign down we pray
Maybe tomorrow, maybe today,
Someone somewhere will stand and fight,
For Gazza`s children, and their human rights
Broken hearts with broken bones,
Israel`s rockets and unmanned drones,
How much longer, how many more years,
Living in squalor living in fear,
Just where has our humanity gone?
We idly sit and watch the slaughter go on,
A Genocide is taking place,
A new holocaust, with a different race,
It`s time we stood united as one,
Took a stand for what`s right and needs to be done
Look deep inside and take the time
And pray for the people of Palestine

Bio: Terry asks us to take a moment to think of the suffering of the innocent people in Palestine.