For Palestine Tell me – you wanted to make a statement? Those headlines. We heard you loud and clear Elucidate – you sought to threaten your enemy? Their ashen faces. No doubt you inspired fear Candles snuffed before their time The lives you swept away like dust And broken people you left behind To face a world they cannot trust Do the ends justify your means? Is it all for a higher cause? Are you…
Her smile is soft and well-composed All her features carefully dignified Clear eyes meet yours as she speaks Betraying nothing of what lies behind And then her poise dissolves in a laugh Unvetted her words are quick and free For a moment you marvel at the glow Before she realises what you can see The gentle smile slides back into place As the tiger becomes a placid fawn She douses the scintillating light And swiftly…