OK, I know I’ll get heat for this one… another “stacking” poem for Poetic Asides.
BRICKS AND MORTAR FIRE IN BABEL
What is holy about the Holy Land?
The Dome dominated by one faith
as Americans do little except contribute
to Israel’s continued building of a wall
choking off Palestinians under slabs of
mentality and political polemic.
“It’s in Israel’s defense and protects American interests.”
It prevents Arabs from getting to the doctor.
How Christian, how Jewish, how holy is that?
And Americans, who cannot feed and clothe
and care for their tired, poor, hungry,
are footing the bill for the contractors.
People who defend Palestinian rights
are called “anti-Semites,” even the Jews who
choose to show mercy on Islamic people.
As though the heads of the State of Israel
speak for all Jewish people around the world.
Tell that to Jews who think Zionism is just another power grab.
Apocalyptics take joy in much of this,
feeling we’re stealing ever closer to the Rapture,
sure they know the year, if not the day and hour,
surer still that they and they alone
will ascend with Jesus, patted on the head,
and to Hell with everyone else!
Until true Godliness prevails, when
Jews, Christians, and Muslims remember
they all worship the same God,
Jerusalem will remain divided at its heart.
So many languages, so many translators,
but no one is listening in Babel.
Spare me your prophesies and Revelation.
If you really love Jesus, you have to love us all.
If you really follow the Torah, you have to love us all.
If you really follow the Prophet Mohammad, you have to love us all.
Israel is not real estate; Israel is a people.
Mr. Netanyahu, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL.
© 2010 Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil
Sharp Little Pencil 
Jingle
love you,
love all,
what a lovely love message…
God is divine,
your poem is super cute and funny.
Sharp Little Pencil
Jingle, nice to hear from you. God is divine and truly deeeeeeevine, in every sense of the word, I am so happy I found a connection with my Creator!
Peace, Amy
Debbie
I hope you don’t receive a lot of grief over this! 🙂 I think differently, but I can still appreciate your voice and point of view and your poem! 🙂 Keep writing Amy!
Sharp Little Pencil
Debbie, thanks for your candor. If you write on that theme to express your own point of view, I’d like to see it. I know it’s a subject fraught with controversy, and I am grateful you expressed yourself in love and respect, as I would do the same. It’s the best part of being human – we have choices in how we use our voices.
Amy
Tilly Bud
Truly, a heartfelt poem.
Sharp Little Pencil
Thanks, Tilly. Not sure how much of a rash this one may give me, politically speaking… Amy
uponthewingsofnight
Speaking as an agnostic, I found nothing offensive in this poem. It is a truly universal message…love everyone!
Sharp Little Pencil
That’s the whole point. I know “pew potatoes” in every church who say “Lord, Lord” on Sunday and then treat others like crap the other six days! It is all about love… thanks, man. A