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ICONS OF INNOCENCE
Dom Martin
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Death is an awful thought — lachrymose indeed! Yet, the imprint of death on the faces of the children killed in Israel’s 2008/2009 devastating siege on Gaza, dons an angelic aura. They appear asleep in eternity’s embrace — never again to be awoken or traumatized by the apocalypse of sonic booms, DIMES, artillery shells and phosphorous incinerations. The poem below is dedicated to the Children of Gaza, who were deprived the gift of existence and the realization of ordinary bliss. ~Dom Martin
ICONS OF INNOCENCE
Coexistence
Is humanity’s Title Deed
To survival!
In human greed
Comes the revival
Of belligerence!
There’s protectorate
In the electorate
To incorporate error
With power
And power
With terror!
Death is aimed
The mother framed
The cradle claimed!
Survival is maimed
Existence walled
Justice stalled!
*****
In eternity’s sanctuary
No obituary!
The children are awake
In ageless play
Watching reincarnation display
A sovereign stake!
*****
Death
Has been our annual aid
To date!
Hope
Is Gaza’s yoke
Through our roadblocks!
In Gaza’s carnage
Is the Quartet’s entourage
And the viserage
Of international laws
And outlaws!
Silence, alas
Is the quilt
Of our guilt:
The ballast
Of our conscience
And omniscience!
~Dom Martin
Source: http://www.propheticimagery.com/Gaza%20Poem/Innocence.htm
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