this poem is called, "in memory of the nine brave, corageous peace activists whose lives were stolen by murderous war criminals who spin lies, black out independent media, violate international law repeatedly! repeatedly! yes, this is for them...in memory of the nine brave, courageous peace activists who were murdered by Israeli soldiers, in the name of TRUTH"

as long as the israeli lunatics

float down to deck

guns blazing like a bad scene in a low budget spaghetti western

or a disney kids' movie

as long as conventions and international laws

mean no more than the toilet paper i use every morning

for as long as democracy rhymes with hypocricy

and for as long as i wonder as i tuck in my children,

'how many babies are crying for their mama's arms tonight'

and how many momas are crying for their babies

for as long as it takes for the tears to stop

for as long as it takes

with my palestinian sisters and brothers

i will dance

i will write

i will laugh

and i will love

with my palestinian brothers and sisters

i will stand

i will walk

i will march

i will speak truth

and i will sail

i will do this every day

until the collective consciousness of humanity

until this truth

is heard

if not me, then who
if not us, then who