7A Night in Palestine
Dedicated to all civilians lost from both sides in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
She crouches on the ground,
Her eyes shut tight,
The screams don't stop
At all that night.
The bodies make her gag
And hold her breath,
But there is no escaping
From the whisper of death.
One by one, they blast
And they kill,
She tries to hide
By holding still.
But a man in uniform
Sees her struggling to breath,
And raises his gun,
His eyes – as cold as steel.
I'm not one of them,
She screams at the soldier,
He shoots a bullet
Deep into her shoulder.
The pain makes her scream,
But no one hears,
It buries deep in her,
Blood mingles with tears.
Another bullet follows,
And she gasps with the pain,
La ilaha illal allahu,
She chants in her brain.
Her body lies limp,
As she closes her eyes,
Muhammad urasoolal allah,
She says as she dies.
* La ilaha illal allahu Muhammad urasoolal allah is the Islamic belief / Shahadah meaning 'There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.' It is usually read when a baby is born, a person converts to Islam or when a Muslim is about to die.