A Child's Christmas in Palestine
By Genevieve Cora Fraser
A child's wish for peace
A Nativity play in the heart
Of suffering played out by children
Joyous, releasing balloons
Hopes for peace as they marched
One thousand strong in their beliefs
In Bethlehem, they gathered
From across the West Bank
With prayerful wishes for Gaza's
Children Jerusalem's too embarking
On life's journey crossed by suffering
The Nativity scene played out
Too soon the crucifixion
Walls and checkpoints
Helicopter gunships and drones
On high where angels fear to tread
They are led to endure as millions
Before them since Al Nakba's
Dread played out past and present
The future rests in the hands
And hope of the children
Remembering Christ's birth
And those born
To suffer in Palestine
By Genevieve Cora Fraser
A child's wish for peace
A Nativity play in the heart
Of suffering played out by children
Joyous, releasing balloons
Hopes for peace as they marched
One thousand strong in their beliefs
In Bethlehem, they gathered
From across the West Bank
With prayerful wishes for Gaza's
Children Jerusalem's too embarking
On life's journey crossed by suffering
The Nativity scene played out
Too soon the crucifixion
Walls and checkpoints
Helicopter gunships and drones
On high where angels fear to tread
They are led to endure as millions
Before them since Al Nakba's
Dread played out past and present
The future rests in the hands
And hope of the children
Remembering Christ's birth
And those born
To suffer in Palestine
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