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Unexplained misery

                           

The wars of Palestine are never ending

Insisting to never leave anytime

 

As the many years pass

As I get older than a stone

As the millions of olive trees uprooted

 

The wars keep coming back with vengeance

My nightmare keeps revisiting

 I run away from it, seeking refuge in the woods

With a majestic lake greeting me camping

And the fog lifting at sunrise

Gaza keeps erupting with bunker bombs

 

I keep screaming, for the bombs to stop dropping

I keep praying for a miracle

I keep thinking this is a bad dream

 

And when I awake

Everything 

From the previous day

Is just the same.

 

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