RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: ISRAEL AT WAR
Disproportionate Retribution
Hamas lit the tinder box
Israel fanned the flames
But the tinder lay in Gaza
Long before it had a name
We know what you have suffered
As sentient beings we feel your pain
But how much more can we witness
Before your suffering is in vain?
We plead for your forgiveness
We beg you for relief
Too many children and their parents
Are buried in their grief
Too many innocents have died
To feed the gods of retribution
The cost is rising on both sides
Foreclosing hope for a solution
The ayatollah does not care
He wants this war to rage
He wants all of us to be scared
He does not want to turn the page
But Netanyahu is the same
He also needs the flames of war
For holy vengeance is his shame
He is a warrior to his core
If we want this war to end
We must take it in our hands
On love of peace we must depend
To heal this torn and ancient land
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