Abhorred & Harvested
(commemorating Gaza massacre and
lamenting Israelis harvesting organs of the Palestinians)
Life abhorred
Death harvested
Moments into eternity
pain slows time
Days fly away
joys speed moments
Robbed and ripped
from adolescence to age
Tender hands - oblivious
tears on the white beard
Grandma’s wrinkles
long stories and sighs
Maidens - tippy toes
hope across the Wall
Hope renews itself
and [often] buries itself
Uprooted trees
dew drops homeless
Mountains, rivers
waiting to be trampled, splashed
Hamlets, villages
last few pearls left on the bride
Church - loudly still
Mosque - silently screaming
Synagogue - peacefully afraid
God All-Mighty, the All Hearing, the All Knowing
we are abhorred when alive and harvested when dead!
Shakeel Syed
Culver City – Dec 27, 2009
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