I carry a heaviness

 

I’m not talking about my weight.

I’ve mentioned that before.

I’m carrying a lethargy.

It’s not the time of year.

It’s not the commitments or my shadow.

I carry a responsibility to the people of Palestine

to do more than just tweet, to do more than just protest.

Shouting

“Free Free Palestine”

will not free it!

The West is like a rabbit in the lorry headlights.

We are frozen by Israel and its hysteria,

its name calling of antisemitism.

From being de-humanised themselves they are de-humanising others.

It was too much to expect that they could deal with the Holocaust.

They’ve turned that trauma into another one,

and are exacting a genocide upon the Palestinians.

They have a blood lust that will not be assuaged by the mealy-mouthed words of

Biden, Starmer & Sunak.

The man baby of Bibi was standing there in his black shirt.

He couldn’t wait for them to shut their mouths because he couldn’t wait,

to carry on the bombing  

The next time you enter a Hospital,

think about the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City and all who perished within.

I carry a heaviness.