Peace in the Middle East
There will be no peace
In the Middle East
Until all sides are resolved
And past sins absolved.
Two thousand years of injury
Leave a bitter legacy,
A toxic history,
Requiring an end to misery
We should all abhor
The men of war
Who firmly shut the door
To fester the sore.
Not the people to blame
In this vale of shame
They are all the same
Caught in a hapless game.
All sides around a table –
Dispense with the fable!
Opher – 23.9.2020