The food bank line
Seems to never end
The manager says the clients
Have more than doubled in the last year
My illiterate Afghani adult students
Struggle to write their names
Glad to be in Canada
They gush with gratitude to their teachers
NATO destroyed their country
Trudeau assures Canadians today [July 10, 2024]
That "we" will meet the 2%
Handing over of OUR money to the hate machine
More like stealing OUR
"Hard earned dollars" - which they are
We need to say enough is enough
Demanding OUR labour is for good - not profit and destruction
Complacency is finished
We need to educate
And devour the lies
That NATO/military are 'forces' of good
The world [including nature] suffers
As profiteers cheer with glee
As stocks soar
Along with Gazan body parts at another school attack
It's time to fight back
No time for hope-less-ness
It's time for act-i-on
In words and deeds
The over $1.2 trillion spent on murder
Needs to satisfy OUR needs
As the climate emergency scarily escalates
We need to hound our politicians
The media that reassures that all is well
Must be countered
We need to be thorns in the sides
Of the profiteers and liars
We need to be en-gaged citizens
But I wonder why my MP never returns my calls
Let us still persevere and encourage others to as well
For all is not well
But it can be
Don't lose hope
Stay engaged
Fight back!
Peace not NATO!
More hope is found in the words of the Jewish prophet Micah:
But as for me, I am filled with power,
with the Spirit of the LORD,
and with justice and might
to declare to Jacob his transgression,
to Israel his sin.
Hear this, you leaders of the house of Jacob,
you rulers of the house of Israel,
who despise justice
and distort what is right;
who build Zion with bloodshed
and Jerusalem with wickedness.
"I am planning disaster against this people,
from which you cannot save yourselves."
Micah 3
