I protest all genocides! I stand against the oppression of innocent people wherever they are on this planet. The poem ‘Humanity’ declares how I feel about what is happening now to the people of Palestine.
Humanity
Humanity, what remains of it
Climbs a rugged hill
The trail, in need of repair
Leading to a distant light
Flickering in a violent wind
A flame, Creator knows
When extinguished
Will tell us the human heart
No longer has purpose
As an organ capable
Of producing what defines unconditional ‘love’
For all oppressed peoples of the world
Becoming only a muscle, serving to keep
A soul-less, hateful creature, alive
On sacred Mother Earth
The human heart, sinks
To see that the darkest hours
Of the night
Have descended onto the broken pathway
And humanity, wails
To see the blood
Of the innocent Palestinians
Continuing to spill
Hour after hour, day after day
Oh, I believe
If I could take my heart
And send it on eagle wings
Into war-torn Gaza
To be held there
By wounded people
They would know
Through its warmth and energy
How much I care
And the flame
In the fire of humanity
Would burn at least
A small bit brighter
Even against increasingly violent storms
And give hope
To the forgotten people of Palestine
Our hearts sink
When we look around us
And see our neighbours, acquaintances
Turning away from the sight
Of the starving babies of Palestine
I see in the Palestinians
What is the best of me
Not just in their children
But in their journalists, doctors
And everyday people
The ones who died
Because of the savagery of the IDF
The ones still living
Oh, I shelter them into
The safety of my human heart
Keep the Circle Strong,
South Wind (Albert Dumont)
