When I say hypocrisy, I don't mean saying you're a vegetarian and always eating meat, or saying you're nonviolent and being a serial killer. What I mean is, use thought to show how things which appear dualistic and combine them until they collapse.
The birth of a new independence
for a land finally unbound
The chance to build their nation
strong with pride on sovereign ground
Free of the yoke after centuries
of rule by a foreign hand
A time of excitement and celebration,
unaware of horror’s planned
From the west the darkness came
silencing the truth in Balibo
An illegal occupation
and we were fully in the know
Red, black, white and green
A flag upon the cross
A people made to suffer
For another’s tragic loss
Another sacrificial lamb
Nailed up to erase our sin
The guilt we feel for horror past
Ties our hands when again it begins
The olive groves are stained with blood
And tear gas taints the air
Whilst children armed with slings and rocks
Fight a world that doesn’t care
Red, black, white and green
A flag upon the cross
A people made to suffer
For another’s tragic loss
Another sacrificial lamb
Nailed up to erase our sin
The guilt we feel for horror past
Ties our hands when again it begins
The olive groves are stained with blood
And tear gas taints the air
Whilst children armed with slings and rocks
Fight a world that doesn’t care
The small group walks the blasted street
A white shirt flutters high
Women speak in voices hushed
In hand a young child cries
Homes left in the streets behind
Where again violence has erupted
Searching out a safe haven
Sanctuary not yet corrupted
And then the silence shatters
As the leaded birds take flight
Their stuttering song is deafening
Muzzle flashes, plumage bright
I recently read a Human Rights report into eye witness accounts of the Israeli military gunning down civilians carrying white flags during their Cast Lead offensive. I am amazed at the hypocrisy of a lot of countries, condemning terrorism, yet continuing to support Israel, after countless acts of state sponsored terrorism. I wrote this to express my feelings.
Americans still havent figured out that we are by-products of the Middle East?We continue to waste resources,wreck the planet,lie to ourselves and each other,hypocrasy is like god itself here.A temporary peace in Iraq for the cost of your souls?Great deal?Now go ahead and tell me about the magic oil lamp again while I eat my favorite baby food.
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
