I didn't write this, but I found it posted as a comment on a page displaying the video of the IDF shooting the Palestinian in custody.
Forgive me if this is a re-post. Somebody on this blog probably posted this poem already.
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I Am So blessed
I am so blessed Being a Palestinian
Being a refugee For over fifty years
I am so blessed
I wasn't in the tank
With an army uniform
Killing and destroying
To frighten people away
It was a barren land
Later on to say
I am so blessed
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Being under curfew
For most of my life
I am so blessed
I wasn't with the army
Erecting high walls
Shooting at civilians
At every check-point
I am so blessed
Losing my father
In one of their raids
I am so blessed
That it was not I
Flying planes of terror
Firing that missile
Then Laughing and rejoicing
The mission was a success
I am so blessed
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Watching my brother
Being taken away
I am so blessed
I wasn't one of those
Kicking till he bled
From his nose and head
I am so blessed
Burying my baby
With a bullet in her heart
I am so blessed
I wasn't that soldier
Who took a baby’s life
Nor was I his mother
Who welcomed him a hero
When coming back home
I am so blessed
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Sleeping in a UN tent
Shivering in the freezing cold
I am so blessed I wasn't that settler
Who occupied my home
Justifying massacres
With a PROMISE SO DIVINE
Then, tossing and turning
All night long
Wondering what's wrong
Haunted by his deeds
Searching like mad
For a long lost peace
Which he can't find
I am so blessed
Holding David's stone
In my little hand
I am so blessed
I wasn't giant Goliath
With mass-destruction might
Seeing himself invincible
With no hope in sight
I am so blessed
--Posted by nahida--

Submitted by Christopher Marlowe on Mon, 2008-07-21 19:33

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