By Lynn Ockersz
Very many moons ago,
Hot, sacred tears were shed,
Over what was to someday befall,
The revered city of Jerusalem,
And now the worst has come to pass,
For, it’s riven apart by bitter strife,
And thanks to the ‘Chosen People’,
Who so tragically have forgotten,
That their first duty is towards Peace,
Bethlehem too is overcome by dread,
But hopefully the warring sides,
In the bloodied Mid-East would resolve,
That Bethlehem which saw an epochal birth,
Should be spared the harrowing ordeals,
Of occupation and ethnic cleansing.
