Speak

The sheer savagery
Of the butchers of Gaza
Leaves me speechless
But speechlessness
Is not an option
If we are not to
Normalise Genocide

Speak
Speak truth to power
Speak because you can
Speak because others cannot

Speak of Muhammad
Eleven years old
Selling his schoolbooks
To feed his family

Speak of Gazal
Four years old
Maimed
But hopping about
On one leg

Speak of Hind
Even though
Everyone is
Speaking of her

Speak of Momen
After shooting whom
The Israelis laughed

Speak of Ahmed
Ahmed, my friend
Who
While I write poems
(Which he reads, insha’allah)
Suffers
Hell without comparison
Like all of Palestine

Speak of Palestine
Say along with me
From the river
To the sea
Speak speak speak
Everybody together now
Shout from the rooftops
Palestine will be free