Israel bombs the innocent—
and the world denounces.
Israel massacres women, children—
and the world denounces.
Israel slaughters the young—
and the world denounces.
Israel starves a people—
and the world denounces.
Israel tortures—
and the world denounces.
Israel defiles men, women, children—
and the world denounces.
Israel silences the journalists with death—
and the world denounces.
Israel bars bread and water from the living—
and the world denounces.
Israel commits genocide—
and still, the world denounces.
Is denunciation all the tongue remembers?
When the tide turns—
will the denouncers denounce
as the blade touches their own skin?
What is this world—
that wraps horror in words alone,
where crimes unspeakable
are met with speeches,
where genocide marches forward
to the applause of silence,
to the lullaby of denounce, denounce, denounce.
Once, appeasement spoke in whispers.
Now, it wears the mask of protest.
"Denounce"—
a green light glowing,
the new language of complicity,
the anthem of a world watching,
while humanity burns.
Khansaheeb