RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: ISRAEL AT WAR
October 7
Before October 7
Young people filled the streets of Tel Aviv
Every day and every night
Protesting the anti-democratic laws
And hardline policies
Of their warlord prime minister
Before October 7
The people on the streets of Tel Aviv
Were the future of Israel
The young were the people of peace
They believed in fair representation
They believed in equal rights
They believed in an independent
Palestine
On October 7
Hamas pointed its deadly force directly
At the young people of Israel
Hamas attacked a gathering of music
And celebration
Hamas killed hundreds of young Israelis
Hamas killed the future of Palestine
After October 7
There can be no peace
For as long as the sun will shine
For as long as the rivers flow
For as long as lovers love
For as long as the moon will glow
There can be no peace
Across the great divide
I hear your voice saying
There was no other way
But there is always another way
You could have joined the young
Israelis on the streets of protest
You could have joined your voices to theirs
You could have made your voices heard
You could have demanded change
To Netanyahu you could have said:
No! No more
After October 7
You have no voice
Hamas has stolen it away
All that remains is endless sorrow
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