Do you hear the people sing?

 

Photo by Jonn Leffmann, 2014, Source

Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry folks?
Bringing food to children who
should not be starved again.
It’s the lesson of your heart
that genocide is wrong,
and Gazans should exist
when tomorrow comes
 
Will you join in our movement?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
It’s not antisemitism
to let innocent Gazans breathe.
 
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry peoples?
Will you give what you can give
To feed a land of starving souls?
It’s the lesson of our hearts
That genocide is wrong!
We want the bombs to stop
When tomorrow comes!
 
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song in harmony?
Songs of Gazans and Israelis
who want to live safe and free.
Americans join in the harmony,
wishing to ditch governments
that disempower you and me
from ridding earth of armaments,
from ending the killing spree.
 
Will you join in our movement?
Will you act compassionately?
First we’ll feed the many starving
then build the world we long to see.

For Mary's prompt "Do You Hear the People Sing?" at What's Going On? 

My blog poems are rough drafts.

Please respect my copyright.

© 2025 Susan L. Chast

Another poem:  There will be singing

There will be song at the end of the day
Once more, we’ll hear birds sing and children play.
 
Now between the bombs it is too quiet.
We wait, but know there will be no let up.
 
How can we tell birds and living children
Why we won’t, don’t—and can’t—stop bombardments?
 
But we will sing the children’s favorite songs
and write new ones to tell our history.                

 

There will be new songs at the start of day.
We’ll hear birds sing again and children play.