The definition of occupation…

Occupied, terrorized, genocide – while the whole world is hypnotized,
Sixty years, incessant tears – no day passes by without countless fears,
For our lives, our wives, our children’s cries – yet the world turns away, and our spirits die,
 For my land, I do stand – but I remain hopeless without a helping hand,
Oppression, suppression, depression – every aspect of my life, you’ve taken possession,
                             Our weapons are stones, to protect our homes – but your bulldozers win and terror roams,
Yours are tanks, helicopters, and military jeeps – to kill the young man, as his mother weeps,
                               You control our electricity, you control our seas – you control our streets, and uproot our trees,
You close our schools, our children can’t learn – you deny the refugees their right to return,
                    Suffering orphans, under your persecution – when they rise up, they face execution,
Families are separated, and farmers recall – the land they lost, by your Apartheid Wall,
                                    Through your ‘diplomacy’, and your foreign relations – you attempt to justify and give credence to your occupation,
Palestine is my land, and I won’t let you take it – and while you put the world to sleep, I try to wake it.

Abdelnasser Rashid, abdelnasser_rashid@yahoo.com
April 15, 2006
11th Grade