Justice, Poem and Collage by Sheila Benedis

justice

struggling with

primal feelings

pain

rage

despair

 

suffering

overpowering anger

overwhelming grief

 

where is restraint

where is civilized behavior

where is justice

 

Palestinians are suffering

Israelis are suffering

Innocent life is lost in the process

 

why have a future for just one people

on the land

is this humane

is this moral

 

where is hope for a just future

seeds of coexistence

everyone has rights

 

let us reach out with poetry

to soften hearts

recognize all people

Palestinians

Israelis

 

does each deserve

a land of his own

a two state solution

 

where is justice

where is coexistence

the only alternative to violence

the only way forward