we chose to hide

from the term genocide

but in a world gone mad

we turn our heads away 

into dismal dismay

future generations 

will look on with eyes of damnation 

and righteous indignation 

damning people and countries complicity 

in simplicity 

and brutal bloodshed 

Vicious violence 

while the media spin a web of silence 

the catches people like flies in a web

only entertaining the perception of perpetrators having the right to protect themselves instead 

and yet we are the ones who live in the land of the blind

and see

the ones who can see this conflict for the genocide it is 

Gaza I stand in this vigil 

for your people 

and can’t bear the moans of the dead and dying 

the children crying from losing limbs

and family

Are we the ones the only ones who give a damn really?

this is my last prayer and request 

that even in your ashes we will not rest

we will bring about peace and a resolution 

before it’s too late…