Requiem of the wretched

Holocaust reminders of land seized
and rights stripped by a people
claiming superiority with plans of annihilation
Caged and counted as bodies mounted
The Torah burned
but faith lived on
Liberation came after too many were dead
Museums and memorials
celebration with reparation
Humanity shivers at the horrors of Auschwitz

Escaped persecution
The disposed marched on
and heeded the call to
The Land of Zion
A few became many as
descendants lay claim to
‘The Promised Land’
that flowed of milk and honey
Yahweh’s promise to Yahweh’s chosen
‘Children of Abraham’
Ishmael and Isaac
Two brothers
Two books
One God

Nakbah nightmares of displaced people live in refugee camps
in their own backyard
Driven from land they once owned
No place on a map
Wails and moans fall upon deaf ears
The Qur’an burns
as the world turns the other cheek
Resistance to an occupation met with denial of existence
Determined to exist
Liberation will come after too many are dead
This is not Auschwitz
There is no memorial for Palestine.