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An Unholy War

You send your drones to spy and bomb .
Your soldiers shoot us one by one .
Yet it is our land that you stand on .

You deny us supplies of life saving drugs.
you send your soldiers, well government thugs.
and secret agents with listening bugs.

You build a wall around your towns .
and occupy  our ancestral grounds.
while all the time, the war drum sounds.

I find this so hard to understand 
when this plainly is not your land
And no, god does not give out free land

Yet your history is strewn with strife
of millions killed so cruelly stripped of life.
please respect others way of life.

If you don't you will only reap
the tears of your children as they weep
as your nation falls into an unethical deep sleep 

you need to feed the dove of peace
and make the senseless killing cease 



Inspired by seekers blog  poetry as a weapon , Poetry can carry a message good or bad and  cause debate Its what the reader takes from it  . The subject was picked because I read the below piece .  

A famous  Palestinian poet as just had his work translated into English  https://electronicintifada.net/content/robust-world-great-druze-poet/19056
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Ranaweera  Avatar
January 19, 2017 at 7:32 PM
accept my humble salute for your voice against the offensive war. It's realistically presented in the poem from an insider's perspective.
Pennell  Avatar
January 20, 2017 at 1:52 AM
thank you : wanted to pen a poem with something to say to highlight an injustice and a plea
Allison Avatar
January 15, 2017 at 1:21 PM
Powerfully penned Stephen wise words indeed:-):-) I wish I wasn't the first one to comment on this is should be very widely read on soup:-( hugs Jan xx
Pennell  Avatar
January 16, 2017 at 2:48 AM
Cheers jan, wanted it to carry a message a poem with something to say stephen
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