That’s not genocide

That’s not genocide

Of course they are killing people by the thousands

Tanks and bombs and missiles from the sky

Hospitals are working day and night to save lives

So more bombs were needed to wipe the hospitals out

This meant so many more had to be left to die

Still they resisted so new approaches were needed

Why not deny them food except for the crumbs

Slow starvation so that they would eventually die

Whilst pretending that the offered crumbs were aid

Malnutrition of infants had its use for the oppressor

Pregnant mothers would they hoped soon abort

Why not kill the doctors so even fewer survive

Maybe journalists as well to ensure no truth leaks out

In an era where freedom of speech risks repercussion

Should anyone remain they must be driven from the land

But first label them as terrorists and not refugees

Even the toddlers who are not as high as knees

A land which after all is nothing but prime real estate

Why not deny they are a nation or even a state

Then nobody will give a damn about their fate

If they are terrorised sufficiently they will try to leave

In the hope that other nations will receive

Apparently none of this counts as genocide

To the leaders who choose to close their eyes

To those whose aim is to murder and destroy

Yet each act is genocide in law

How did we sink to such depravity

Why are we failing to question a mentality

That accepts leadership with such insanity

Can you look your own children in the face

To tell them such deeds are normal and fine

That all this is part of a greater western design

Where evil is intended to triumph in time

Copyright: David Hopcroft September 2025