A week out of a Sci-Fi movie has been playing on our TV screens, where pagers and communication devices explode at random places: grocery stores, homes, shops, and more. According to a surgeon in Beirut, she has had to remove eyes surgically for more people than she could count. This has traumatized not only her but also the victims whose lives are now altered completely. They have to relearn how to be a part of society with a great handicap. The horror doesn’t end there, though, it continues with the bombardment of Beirut, and the majority of the victims are children.
The irony is that the attacker has the ability to target an exact place, but they chose not to, rather, going for maximum destruction, as usual.
It’s interesting that it has taken the world a year of outright murder, ethnic cleansing, genocide, and outright destruction for it to start responding to the attacks.
The greatest irony is that the 21rst is the International Day for Peace, and while that is on the world calendar for things needed to be achieved, people are being murdered without facing the consequences of their actions.
My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.
https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518
Poetry for Change 