In 1209 at Beziers
twenty thousand killed
regardless of age or gender
many seeking refuge
in the Madeleine Church
some put to the sword
others burnt at stakes.
The wrong faith, you see –
Heretics every one,
proclaimed Pope Innocent.
In Gaza strip
twenty thousand killed
regardless of age or gender
many bombed in hospitals
or refugee camps
some sniper-shot hiding
in a Christian church,
the masses made to starve.
They’re not us, you see –
a threat to God’s chosen people.
By day we pray
for war to end
to a God of Love
at Christmas time.
By night we dream
of an Old Man
turning, in his bed,
a blind eye and
a deaf ear,
leaving it to us.
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