Burning Children Cannot Understand

Gravity pulls us to this earth of ours Where grace is needed for the heart to flower The need for roots is what each person feels Yet how can roots grow through a floor of steel? Settlement in legal terms means peace Agreement reached and hatred will soon cease What name exists for taking land not ours The occupier pays no price, he has the power The British Empire leaves a trail of death Pakistan and India split by wrath Balfour did not care for Arab lives Jewish people fell to genocide Lit by raging fires on holy lands Burning children cannot understand