"idf" poems
PART II: A GLASS CEILING DRIPPING WITH BLOOD
Mohanad Younis, of Gaza City;
Where the sand is stained with blood
As the world feigns pity.
Broken families, unspoken tragedies –
The order of everyday life.
He was born amidst chaos and strife,
To a divorcing husband and wife.
If life were lived in peace,
This dissolution would’ve been a release.
Not much more, not much less –
A family’s lore, a decision to digress.
In war-ravaged land, however,
One needs every helping hand,
Especially a soul that was so clever.
Such a curious, voracious mind needed to understand;
A furious, rapacious search,
Unexplained conundrums to unravel and unwind.
Why do we exist?
Why do we fight and resist?
Is it worth living with all these scars on my wrists?
Does anybody outside Palestine care?
Will they keep on watching?
Or will they be unable to bear?
Of this and much more Mohanad must’ve thought,
As he sat at the Marna House Hotel,
Smoking cigarettes, freshly bought.
A student at al-Azhar, a mild-mannered pharmacist,
A prudent man who would have gotten far.
An admirer of Bassel al-Araj, another victim of oppression –
An inspirer, a brother who alleviated his depression.
Hunted down and killed by the IDF,
Another pacifist murdered for being an activist.
One figure of many who died;
One of those who did not want to hide.
Mohanad wasn’t a resistance fighter –
He felt that such persistence did not make their burdens lighter.
Instead, he wished to make his mind brighter,
And perhaps have family of his own.
He was in love, and wanted to get married,
But life was rough, and warranted a future far more harried.
The final twist of horror?
Having the intellect to apply for University,
And deserving the respect needed to obtain a reply,
Yet not being allowed to leave the city.
That is the news Mohanad had received,
Hopes and dreams suddenly deceived.
Denied a right to education
Because he was born on the wrong end of a cruel fabrication.
The glass ceiling, dripping with blood,
Swallowed his hopes whole like a flood.
Sep 10, 2018
Sep 10, 2018 at 10:04 AM UTC
The Paragliders like ravenous vultures flew
to southern Israel to predate on soft targets.
Like swarms of bees, they snuck, ***** maimed, shot, burnt and slew.
Terror did every man's fragile conscience becloud.
Hate made their embittered hearts to mercy forget.
Abductions followed, having to terror avowed.
Then came the IDF's genocidal intent,
having intended global laws to circumvent;
Children, women, all consumed by mighty vengeance.
A disproportionate response beyond balance.
Homes, hospitals, Mosques, Churches and schools are levelled,
as Gaza is by torrents of bombs bedeviled.
I do not with a livid Israel sympathize,
nor do I with a besieged Gaza empathize.
With humanity I have my affinity,
for my deep love for it, tends to infinity.
Oct 23, 2023
Oct 23, 2023 at 4:37 AM UTC
I spoke to a man today
with kind eyes and contagious laughter
his passport identified him as Israeli, mine american
but for a moment, we were both just human
He told me he was a combat medic for the IDF
as we began our descent into a discussion of politics
he spoke of giving medical care to victims
of a suicide bombing, just weeks earlier
Life is fragile in places like his hometown of Tel Aviv
He showed me an app on his iPhone that
notifies him of places that were just bombed
or when to take shelter, in case of an incoming missile strike
How people must savor life in war zones like his
friends and family become temporary oases
bringing happiness and fulfillment for a moment
then gone the next
For once
there were no borders between us, or
cultural divides, just two men
discussing life, or something like it
Jul 7, 2014
Jul 7, 2014 at 12:16 PM UTC
White House Biden ****
Shame on you
genocide joe
liar liar **** gov
burn in Gaza's hell
bombs fire ***** and all.
Kamala Harris laughing Haina
Genocide Joe hoo morena
Narcissist pooping
heartless lunatic
****** devils advocate
garbage ticking bomb.
Shame on USA, UK,Germany
France, Ukraine
Israel **** regime, go to hell
Court martial sinister satanyahu
and it's **** ****** IDF psychopaths
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Free free long live Palestine!
From the River to the sea 1947.
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By legions of human beings.
May all Israelites **** regime be
exiled incarcerated famined too
Thanks Israel for teaching us
Earthlings on
how to hate you..
Apr 4, 2024
Apr 4, 2024 at 1:05 AM UTC
I keep seeing
Alot of times
Many times
I have seen
Kurdish soldiers
Dancing in a circle
Singing a song
In 2003
They looked joyful
With their brothers
And even though
I couldn't understand
The language
I enjoyed watching
And then I watched
Many videos
About conflicts
Between Jews
And Palestinians
Man
Has many problems
So many conflicts
This one over land
So childish
The human race
And I'm no expert
On these matters
And I don't like
Taking sides
But it is
The Palestinians land
And an occupying force
Will always have
To rule by force
Suspecting grandmothers
Children
Is it just a crying child?
The IDF forces
Have to suspect everyone
I would like the Jews
To have a homeland
It just should be much smaller
Taking over
The Palestinians land
There will never be peace there
An ongoing war
Very sad
I took a journey
Journeyman pictures
Its amazing
To see what life
Is like
In other countries
Most people just want
To live in peace
Man seems destined
To repeat the same mistakes
And I saw a child soldier
In Monrovia Africa
Fighting with a group of men
And I saw the sunset
On a beach at
The Gaza strip
Beautiful landscapes
And terrible times
How can a place
So beautiful
Be filled with such
Violence and destruction?
Human beings are foolish
Be at peace
Live by the sword
Die by the sword
Live by the gun
Die by the gun
Maybe in my life time
Americans will get a taste
Of what life is like
In these poorer nations
As we become
A poorer nation overall
Troubling times
Not a stable place
This planet
I think of a world
With loving
And caring women
Where the gun
Was never invented
I'm lucky
I'm spoiled
I'm lazy
I don't work much
That's fine by me
I walk around
In a big garden
I'm tired
Of life
It is tiring
The monotony
The boredom
A bunch of desires
A ****** urge
Eat again
Work once in a while
I'm poor
I don't care
Please put money
In my account
I can't afford
These expensive bills
Are we changing
Are we becoming
More loving people?
Some are
But humanity
As a whole
No, we aren't
Apr 16, 2016
Apr 16, 2016 at 3:08 PM UTC
Zionist father's "lamentation; his sons burial."
The family of an IDF soldier was gathered for his funeral from Rapha rubble. All that was left of him was a small box of his ash remains. Words began to pass over his grave.
"I remember how handsome he looked in uniform," said his mother, "with his matching Helmet & Pampers." "I remember how brave he was," said his father, "he once neutralized a neonatal intensive care unit without hesitating for a second." "I remember how loving he was," said his daughter, "he once demolished a school for me on my birthday." "I remember how strong he was," said his wife, "every child he faced fell before his might." "I remember him being bigger," said his son, "What happened to him?". "Apparently," stated his mother,
"He triggered a booby-trap while plundering a house in Gaza."
"Well, I guess he died as Israel lives" stated his father.
"And how is that?"
Asked the others?
"By burglarizing someone else's home after proudly murdering all palestinian family members "
Oh! Said his grandmother
"Every muslim Palestinian, any non zionist jewish birth poses an existential threat to his new and future born children, thats why
"this IDF soldier's remains are buried among genocidal war criminal hereos in Izrahell."
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Izrael:August 2024.
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Aug 20, 2024
Aug 20, 2024 at 1:19 AM UTC
Change to our foreign policies
Change to our non diplomacy
Change to our over reaching hegemony
Eight hundred military bases over seas
Change instead of death to the IDF
That’s as generous as it gets!
Jul 1, 2025
Jul 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM UTC