I stand with humanity, not bombs.
Israel has the right to exist,
But no one has the right
to erase lives with fire and steel.

Children sleeping, dreaming, laughing
Their laughter should not be a target.
Homes, schools, hospitals
turned to rubble, 
and the world watches in silence

I will not clap for genocide. 
I will not cheer for suffering.
I will speak for the innocent, 
whose only crime is living.

A land can survive without murder.
A group can defend themselves
without sending death
to the doors of the innocent.

We must call it what it is:
not war, not defence,
but massacre.
And I refuse to stay silent.

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KYRA JOHNSON