Tuesday, November 7, 2023

BASTA, a poem.

 Basta

“Basta”-- Pope Francisco, November 6, 2023



Basta. Enough. Stop killing

children in Gaza and Israel.

Cease fire. Let leaders wise


or mad, it does not matter.

We have no time for

psychological evaluations.


Let these directors

of the tragedy meet

in a foreign capital


to make peace. Do not

kill innocents anymore.

Stop. Too much. This


is not complicated,

not difficult

to understand


Do not kill new

generations, their 

fathers and mothers. 


Stanch hatred 

rising among 

survivors.




Indran Amirthanayagam c) November 6, 2023