Palestine

(Dedicated to the modern State of Palestine and all martyrs, written April 20, 2006)

 

Palestine O Palestine!

Reminiscence of the ancient time!

The first recorded civilization of human kind

Once prosperous City-States of creative mind!

 

Linking ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Assyria

Your culture and goods reached ancient China and India!

A free land with high spirit known in history as Canaan

Vibrant small communities celebrated life by the Mediterranean!

 

Your peaceful festive society and culture

Ended with Hebrew God’s worldly adventure!

As 12 tribes burned your civilization with deadly massacre!

Ending thriving natural life style in nightmare!

 

You witnessed wars, occupations, annihilation in repetition

Bloodshed and revenge covered once pure land with pollution!

Influx of people found home surviving migratory persecution

Some destroyed you while others blended in cultural unification! 

 

Your modern democracy was destroyed at inception

As the powerful evil force besieged you with obsession!

But you rose again from the ashes of oppression

As an inspiration to the dream of worldwide freedom!

 

Author: Deepak Sarkar, 844 Royal Oak Ave, Victoria, BC V8X 3T2, Canada; E-mail: kolki@kolki.com; Poetry & Peace Web Site: www.kolki.com