Thirteen May 2022
It’s a black day
A dim day
A day of darkness
That has crept
Into hearts of men
Whose souls writhe
With fetid maggots
It’s a black day
A day of shame
A day of disgrace
For the murderers
Of an innocent journalist
Who done this dastardly act
In their routine orgy
Of theft and killing
For not only
Have they murdered her
But they attacked
Her peaceful funeral
Violently beating up
The mourning procession
Men, women, and children
Adding insult to injury
It’s a black day
A day of disgrace
A day of shame
For the stain lingers
Not only on those
Racists who steal Palestine
But also on the USA regime
That funds their murders
Facilitates their theft too
Also on the British
Who support them
Supply them with sniper rifles
To shoot expanding bullets
Into the hearts and heads
Of unarmed civilians
Also the European Governments
And every other human being
That justify the theft and murder
Condoning this immoral madness
It’s a black day
Not a day for pretty verses
Exquisite rhythm and rhyme
Home grown philosophies
Ranting from comfort zones
It’s a day to confront the realities
Of the poor, weak, and dispossessed
It’s a black day
A day of shame
A day of disgrace
Have you said yes?
Have you done nothing?
It’s time to stand for truth
Time to purge yourself
Of the stain of innocent blood
There is no Israel
Even if your power
Your guns and greed
Says that it is so
It’s STOLEN PALESTINE
Nothing can change that
It’s a confection of Theft
Built on the blood and bones
Of the dispossessed
Of innocent martyrs
Like Shireen Abu Aqleh
Also countless others
Today you must ask yourself
If you are part of the inhumanity?
Today it’s a black day
Today is a day of shame
Today is a day of disgrace
Your silence and consent
Wets you with shame and disgrace
It’s a black day
A day of shame
A day of disgrace
A day to weep
At our inhumanity
For 75 years
Of black days
In Palestine.
“The land of Palestine bleeds
The tree of freedom
Watered with the blood of martyrs”
Copyright 2023
@ Sher Chandley A South African poet and Revolutionary who participated in African liberation struggles