What a Mess!

Ongoing instability

Continues in the Middle East.

All who long for peace can't wait

Until this brutal conflict has ceased.

 

We know it started long ago--

Disputes over territory.

We can also see that there

Are TWO sides to this sad story.

 

Israelis versus Palestinians:

We've watched back-and-forth retribution.

Why must it be so difficult

For there to be a two-state solution?

 

Why does it have to be so hard

For the world to pressure both sides to meet

To iron out a workable plan

So neither side must admit defeat?

 

We're saddened by the loss of lives

And feel a sense of deep frustration.

But there is a feeling of optimism

Expressed in the following quotation:

 

"From the seeds of hope, the tree

Of peace will grow…."° If THAT'S fulfilled,

The tree will shelter both sides AND

No more blood will have to be spilled.

 

I treasure such optimistic words

But feel as though I want to shout,

"Israelis and Palestinians,

Together work this damn thing out!"

 

-by Bob B (5-4-24)

 

°Quote by Nadeem Ahmed