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The Gaza of Africa Rejoices In Ruins

I mourn for the Gaza of Africa stripped naked Innocent women, children regret being alive Cities, villages sit in ruins with broken bones Vehicles sleep with broken backs, burnt bellies But anger rages as the powers make statements This offer of a city in ruins in the Horn of Africa Extended by the hands of the kind-hearted To the outsider it’s a myth being manufactured Liars, conspirators, power addicts smile it away But historians pen it down for immortality Mogadishu is the modern Gaza of Africa Transported from Mediterranean shores in a dream Now lies with broken vertebral column at the Horn Innocent souls that mourn each day pray for mercy In the synagogues and mosques of their hearts When will Gaza of Africa ever reap from mercy? Who will be the savior of Gaza of Africa? Which weapon will eliminate hate in Gaza land? Bombs, AK 47 forces the Gaza to rejoice in ruins Gaza, Gaza, Gaza why is peace so elusive? The heart that hates and destroys the innocent Fingers that are trigger happy in once joyful land The powerful that see business in blood-shedding May the guiding stars descend on their path To direct them to the city the savoir will be born Gaza of Africa may your tears germinate mercy×2

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Date: 7/4/2017 12:45:00 PM
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