Friendship should never end

like this

like going out fishing

hoping to catch a text or call

but instead the water

is dead, still

and there is no one there

at all

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Famine is dark

On an empty stomach

There there, we are

Listening to you

In the morning

We look around

But there is nothing

Under the burning sun

There there, we are

Thinking of you  

We rush to aid

But lose both of you

Shot in the back   

I sit here

And my eyes close

There there,

Can you hear us?

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I reluctantly came up for air

The rhythmic pulses . . .

Intertwined with mine

The soul’s welcome guest

All year round

    Reluctantly I came up  for air

Bathed in Satie

I restarted the day anew

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Sometimes

               Life begs

To disbelief

He wore our shirt

So was one of us

Togethers as one YNWA

And now one is gone

And the family

Beggars’ disbelief

From the smallest

To the new bride

Mother, grandmothers

Footballers he celebrated with

close their eyes

We collectively hold you

        And all who remember you

Will Nev...

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Every time I let the tap run, I feel guilty

Every time I fill my belly, I turn away from the screen.

Every time the key clicks to my door, I can open and walk around.

But you and yours are raised to the ground.

No guilt from those who cheer on your genocide.  

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Everyday someone is Killed on your street. . .

No one says or does anything to help . . .

It’s not your street. . .

But everyday someone is killed on a Gaza Street   

A human being  just like you and me

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My father liked

Cabbage

But didn’t like me

He swore  blindly

By it

Eating it every day

Boiling the life

Out of it

As he did with me

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I write about what I see…

If you don’t want me to see it

Close the TV channels down

I write about what I see…

If you don’t want me to scroll up and down

Close the internet down

I write about what I hear…

If you don’t want me to listen

Put all the people behind bars

Though I fear, the truth

       May slip through the cracks  

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Come back the country I love

Come back and put

Food on my table

Come back and bring me

Peace & Love

No one is excluded

and I belong here again

Not trembling over words

Or the bang at the door

It is you who don’t belong here

anymore  

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This is not happening

This you can’t see

The prison cells are filling

Whilst you digest the lies on TV

This is not happening

This you can’t see

You play deaf dumb and blind

Until you see

This is happening

This you can see

Your brother your mother your father

Taken away

Live on TV

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Lay your thick white blanket on our land

Cover up the corruption

The beggars scavenging for food

Lay your thick white blanket on our land

It freezes the lies in mid-air

Gives the children a smile

Freezes the parents’ tears

Let the thick white blanket stay on this earth

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The snow is not to blame

In fact, it covers it up

All that I see is kindness

On the white covered ground

The snow is not to blame

It offers a rest bite

from worry,

as the crystals float past

my window  

an endless letting

       go

an endless letting

             go

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I’m staring out of the coffee shop window

In a strange land

A pang in my stomach

Why didn’t I take anyone with me

No one to meet

From when I was 18

Right through to my 30’s and beyond

Until 40’s 50’s I had a new one

But he withered and died

Why didn’t I take them with me

I feel a pang inside

But each carried me

To where I am now…

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The knock at the door will come,

As night follows night.

They come at this time you know  

When justice is out of sight

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