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JERICHO AWAKING

 

Deception has always been

A strategy and ally of injustice;

Veiling its ruthless deeds,

And shifting attention

From aged-old atrocities,

While living and percolating

Behind invisible Jericho walls:-

 

Let not the reality 

Of new Jericho borders

Blind and deceive us:-

Legislative freedom and unity

For so-called refugees, 

Remain at hand, and

Our struggle to be masters

Of ourselves continues;

We being caged and considered

Refugees in this, our homeland!

 

       Wake up, my people!

              Wake up!

           It’s here again!

 

Deception has always been

A strategy and ally of injustice;

Veiling its ruthless deeds,

And shifting attention

From age-old atrocities,

While living and percolating

Behind invisible Jericho walls:-

 

In today’s political drought,

Drying out justice and equity,

We are in as much profound need

Of raining clouds of liberty, as would be

Nature in times of drying pandemic drought: 

 

                     Hey!

 

         Wake up, my people!

                 Wake up!

             It’s here again!

 

JERICHO AWAKENING

JERICHO AWAKENING

Deception has always been
A strategy and ally of injustice;
Veiling its ruthless deeds,
And shifting attention
From aged-old atrocities,
While living and percolating
Behind invisible Jericho walls:-

Let not the reality 
Of new Jericho borders
Blind and deceive us:-
Legislative freedom and unity
For so-called refugees, 
Remain at hand, and
Our struggle to be masters
Of ourselves continues;
We being caged and considered
Refugees in this, our homeland!

       Wake up, my people!
              Wake up!
           It’s here again!

Deception has always been
A strategy and ally of injustice;
Veiling its ruthless deeds,
And shifting attention
From age-old atrocities,
While living and percolating
Behind invisible Jericho walls:-

In today’s political drought,
Drying out justice and equity,
We are in as much profound need
Of raining clouds of liberty, as would be
Nature in times of drying pandemic drought: 

                     Hey!

         Wake up, my people!
                 Wake up!
             It’s here again!

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