Gaza

We shriek and scream and holler and shout and
sign petitions and hold placards and boycott and
demand peace and listen to Gaza and weep

And our shrieks and screams and hollers and shouts
our petitions and placards and boycotts
our demands for peace and words and tears for Gaza

fall upon deaf ears

The borders are blocked food is scarce
aid is stopped displaced families are murdered
hospitals targeted under extensive ground operations

we are witnessing genocide

We will not stop shrieking and screaming
and hollering and shouting and signing petitions
and holding placards and boycotting and
demanding peace and listening to Gaza and weeping

we will not stop

Paula Green
4 am, May 19th 2025
Aotearoa New Zealand

This is protest not poetry.