In this time, in this moment,
the world’s eyes open, struggling,
to stand with this nation, their leader,
in this time of conflict, this unholy war,
so many innocents lost in the combat,
in constant shelling try to defeat them,
but widespread condemnation,
is rising from all around the globe…
the world’s eyes open, struggling,
to stand with this nation, their leader,
in this time of conflict, this unholy war,
so many innocents lost in the combat,
in constant shelling try to defeat them,
but widespread condemnation,
is rising from all around the globe…
His words of ancient scripture so telling,
making this war a holy crusade, jihad,
marshalling his forces, the nation,
seeing only one enemy, manifest,
martyrs have become their enemies,
this ancient land, a promise, a hope,
for his people, his nation, but a challenge,
condemned to live in a forever state of war…
Catching the attention of the world’s people,
blurring the stark lines between them,
innocent women and children lost,
In the crucible of war, the strategy
of extermination, in the destruction
of their enemy, the terror, the cancer,
within this land, so many innocents lost…
within a space carved out, a scar between them,
splitting land, expansion, a constriction,
a tightening of the noose, their vice,
walled in, fenced in, no hope, no freedom,
children picking up rocks, men missiles,
speaking words of the book, of war, of jihad,
condemned to live in a forever state of war…
after the terror from each side, but lost
in the hegemony, the genocide, a truth,
that their strategy, their mission, his rhetoric
has kindled, has stoked the fires, the flames
of an entire generation children, of martyrs,
to take up the cause of the vanquished, revenge,
now, the martyrs have become their enemies…
edited September 17, 2024
Enemies and Martyrs - v2
September 17, 2024
endless war
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/endless-war.html
Merged September 17, 2024
Enemies and Martyrs
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/enemies-and-martyrs.html
September 17, 2024
Trapped in a state of war
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/trapped-in-state-of-war.html
September 17, 2024
Martyrs have become their enemies
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/martyrs-have-become-their-enemies.html
September 17, 2024
Their enemies have become martyrs
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/their-enemies-have-become-martyrs.html
September 16, 2024
Two companion poems, a no-state solution
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/two-companion-poems-no-state-solution.html
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Edited August 27, 2024
Trapped in the flames, in the cage of Rafah – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/trapped-in-flames-cage-of-rafah-v2.html
Bent on Hegemony – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/bent-on-hegemony-v2.html
Edited July 29, 2024
The pain on her face – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-pain-on-her-face-v4.html
About a 70-year-old customer at Dollar General who said she has worn a
necklace with a little gold Star of David for 60 years; conversation at less than two days
after the international horror about the attack by Hamas on Israel October 7, 2023.
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