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In Gaza’s hush, the night ignites,
With fire that falls from foreign heights.
No lullabies, no peaceful skies
Just sirens' wail and mothers’ cries.

The olive trees, once full of grace,
Now bleed in every sacred place.
A child clutches a broken toy,
Still searching for a taste of joy.

Walls close in where hope once grew,
Beneath the dust, the sky turns blue
But no one looks, or dares to see
The lives erased so brutally.

The sea is near, but not for play,
It mirrors smoke by light of day.
And prayers rise up through shattered glass,
For peace to come, for war to pass.

O world that watches, cold and still,
Why must the blood of dreams be spilled?
How loud must grief begin to scream
Before you fight for more than dreams?

In Gaza’s heart, they still resist
Each breath they draw is a quiet fist.
And even when the nights are long,
They sing the truth in trembling song:

“We are not rubble, we are the roots,
We are the echoes in the flutes.
We are the dawn you’ll one day see
A people’s pain, a people free.
This poem is the testimony of time witnessing the criminal silence of the world towards the Genocide in Gaza. We all heard the story of the Wolf and the Lamb in our childhood, today we are witnessing it with our own eyes.
Rubyredheart Jul 2
Machines of war
Wreckage of more
than cities in their wake
Mothers and daughters *****
Children scarred with horrors
Homes gone
Families broken
People broken
All for…
Why?
The devil doesn’t dwell
In hell
He commands from capitols
He judges generals
He wages war
He deals in destruction
On earth
On children huddling in holes
On women without rights or hope
On mothers and fathers who fight
For life
Can this devil be destroyed?
Originally Published 4th May 2022 | Edited 26th Jun 2023
Yuzuko Jun 21
In the night sky
Was a moon shining bright
In the night sky
Was all kinds of lights
But This moon was broken
And still floating
My head is full and I’m heartbroken
Im going to give up
But not anymore
This moon filled my cup
Even with my head at war
The broken moon stayed afloat
And so will I keep going
for the moon was a lifeboat
And I’m not stoping because the moon is still glowing
Tobi Jul 4
As the guns go blazin'
And bombs keep fallin'
I wonder what life was
80 years ago
What time it was

Oh...they hated my black skin
But at least my masters
Fought for freedom,
Peace and love
(How charming)

They go about
In their armored beasts
And instruments of pain
Reigning destruction on
The human race

But now I wonder
What will we do?
This oh so wonderful
Sweet-lovin'
Generation of mine

We dare not think
Of the death of our fellow man
But we crowd ourselves
And beckon forth
To fan the flames

Of war, and death and destruction
The pigs in their ivory towers called
And still call upon generations
To sacrifice, to die
For the country we so love

But I wonder,
I truly wonder
When it really matters
Who will bear the cost
Of our death and misdeeds?

Oh, women shall cry
And men of iron shed a tear
Daughters too
For there goes our sons, our brothers
And lovers
To death they now knew

And I wonder what they'll do
When I join them very soon
What can I do?
I'm just a tool , yes a tool
A government mule

And yet I raise my banner
And I march on, I really do
AK in one hand, a machete in the other
On the beach, in the air, in the city
In the jungle, the snow and sands

At the highest peaks
And lowest valleys
In tundra and in heat
I say truly to my country,
"It's an honor to die for you."
The saga continues

Day by Day
More or less in a desultory ride
Through the motions they find their stride
Until then, going along with the tide
Disappointing performance quality pride
Overall Purpose muddled in every way
It’s not what they do it’s what they say

Burning Tesla cars in the street
Throwing bricks at police
Protest officers walking their beat
Riot gear from head to feet

Without a soul
A Rioter’s goal
To take control
Unrelenting exacts a toll

City by the Bay LA
Peaceful protest Snatched away
Leadership lacking
Violent Rioters packing

Activist extremist in disguise
Hiding in plain sight realized
Extremist sleeper cells In the crowd
Violence encouraged allowed

Vandalizing stealing thievery looting
Speakers chanting recruiting
Their one true purpose deluding

A time will come when the messages is clear
Serpent slave time is near
Empowered they shove us to our knees
Evil thoughts do as they please


Rile up agitators
Governor Newsom says
The quiet part out loud
“ I don’t care”

Defiant, proud, inciting the crowd
Chanting rhetoric bullhorn loud
First he let the Palisades burn
Now it’s illegal immigrants turn

His practice lines are well rehearsed
Turned his back on the dead first
He told Police
Don’t intrude it will only get worse

The press President Trump media blamed
A Lying Beast cannot be tamed
Word by word verse by verse
The essence of an evil curse

Mayor Bass habitual, swearing
Lack of compassion nor caring
Hatred for the Presidency preparing
Destroy capitalism remnant rants daring

Trump wants
to stop those who
Escalate
Capitulate
Violate


The State is
Up for grab
Everything can be had
Break it Loot it take it all
California will eventually fall

The rich middle class moving away
Many ask, why do I stay?
God gave me  His call
It’s not time for California to fall,
The inertia of it all

Illegals fly the flag
of the country they fled,
Never wanting to return

While Burning the flag of
The country
they never want to leave
Rhetoric babble practice to deceive

This is not about blending in
This is an insurrection
What They want is to destroy America
Rebuild from the ground up

The destruction they have planned
For our country, our land
But we’re too ignorant to see
We are on our knees
Trying to appease and please
Because we put ourselves there

I grew up in California
On a small country farm
Local flavor friendly charm.
Gone; Community’s cities ghost town
One last look around
Massive areas
Burnt to the ground

Call a place paradise
Kiss it goodbye
A lump in my throat, a tear in my eye
One day I’ll say a final goodbye

Evil doers like locus destroy another city
It’s a pity it’s a shame unrecognizable blame
Drug lords human traffickers cartel gangs
Welcome to Los Angeles turf war claims

Inspired song

American pie 1971
By Don McLean

(the Father Son and the Holy Ghost took the last train for the coast the day the music died)
BLT Webster’s word of the day challenge
July 3, 2024 desultory
Desultory is a formal word used to describe something that lack a plan or purpose or that occurs without regularity. It can also describe something unconnected to the main subject or something that is disappointing in progress performance or quality.
Alez Jul 3
A generation
born surrounded by ashes,
knows nothing
but death
and clashes;
wrecked homes,
shattered dreams,
broken lives,
without peace,
thousands of orphans
we will keep counting.
Alez Jul 3
Cowards
fire into the crowd,
now bullet casings
are daily bread.
Alez Jul 3
The forgotten war,
now out of fashion,
mountains of the dead
cast into the oblivion of indifference.

La guerra dimenticata
ormai passata di moda,
montagne di morti
gettate nell’oblio dell’indifferenza
Alez Jul 3
Hypocrisy,
sovereign of power,

when you bomb hospitals
and massacre thousands of children,
all falls silent;

but when others respond,
suddenly tears begin to flow—
your speeches fill
with rights, respect, and humanity.

all of this to drag the World
into your Madness.


Ipocrisia,
sovrana del potere,

quando bombardate gli ospedali
e massacrate migliaia di bambini
tutto tace;

quando gli altri rispondono
ecco che scorrono le lacrime,
di diritti, rispetto e umanità
i vostri discorsi si iniziano a riempire

tutto questo per trascinare il Mondo
nella vostra Follia
Baldur Jul 2
There is a fine line between Love and War.
Standing across it, we await the other’s move.
Unlike you, I am not alone.

I stand with many just like me.
Empty eyes and empty weapons
loaded now with empty threats.

You are the exception.
Eyes full of life and a mind full of thoughts.
Thoughts of us now and thoughts of before.

I fall into despair as you fall in love.
The hole gets colder and darker
as you pull the covers over your head.

There is a line between Love and War.
For me it is a trench, but
for you it is a bedsheet.

Standing here my feet turn grey as
I wait for the moment I can see the sun.
Waiting to see you one more time.

You land there next to me.
Radiating your light and warmth.
My helmet slips and your sleep mask falls.

There is a blurry line between Love and War.
I push up my helmet to get a glimpse of you.
If only it wasn’t the last time.

I am hurt but you already know.
You stand up to check on me and you
poke your head up above the loose dirt.

There is no more line between Love and War.
You were always kind and considerate.
Helping others before helping yourself.

Theres a loud ringing in my ears as I wake up
to reality. Your head tilts towards the mattress,
expecting a pillow but only finding the dirt.

I open my eyes again and I see you.
Peaceful and calm as if you were sleeping.
You’d have more time, if it wasn’t wasted on me.

You were blind to everything.
To everything and everyone.
Except for me.

Now you’re lying there between Love and War.
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