Saša Milivojev

GENOCIDE IN GAZA

Bombs and screams
Resonating beams, throughout the universe.
Thousands of mothers are fleeing,
Dead babies in their arms.
And everyone is pretending to be
Deaf and blind, you, as well as humankind.

My Gaza is bleeding.
Dead bodies are piling up.
For cats, and snakes, and rats, a feast.
And not a single word, at least,
From you or anyone.

A battle is waging,
The truth is invisible to the eye,
Bleeding is the earth and the sky.
Everything is crumbling and disappearing.
Not a single tear is left to cry,
To quench the thirst of blood-drenched soil.
All is dust and smoke in this mortal coil.

The killers are on a killing spree,
Schools, bridges, and hospitals

are their playing grounds.
Even the birds will flee,
Flowers and grass will no longer be,
Even the ants will not be left living.

No water, no electricity
Cold, crying nights,
Hungry babies, like icicles,
Frozen like the blocks of ice.

The monsters are slaughtering all in their way,
All’s banished and barren in their trail,
If only the blood money they are making

could shut down their laughter,

their song, and their cursing.

There is no one to stand up to them,

not you, not anyone, to stop them.

All that remains is ruin
Body parts below the dust,
Bloody feet, fingers,
And hair, children’s hands
Graves abounding
Dust to dust!

And in the hands of a dead mother
A crying baby,
Blood flows into a sea,
But Life will prevail,
To suffer - know this: Allah will not agree.
Gaza, her name will be!

Saša Milivojev

Translated by

Ljubica Yentl Tinska