Escalations ... a poem by Anne Selden Annab

 

        

 

 

 

 

            Escalations         

American Churches don't 

get obituaries.

They dwindle

and die decommissioned-

stones intact, doors

and windows

floors, walls and roofs

failing slowly.

Was it location

or belief?

Was it laziness

Was it aging populations

Was it an evolving lack of trust

in mainstream news and worship

as [online] the world watches

Palestinian children

& families

tormented

maimed, wounded and killed

by [American armed] Zionist violence.

 

poem copyright ©2024 Anne Selden Annab