The sky fell on Lebanon and reduced her to a rubble.
And so the sky fell;
The sky fell on Lebanon
And brought her untold hardships and miseries,
Killing and maiming thousands
With blood of its children gushing out
Like the Victoria Falls
And flooding the streets.
And so the sky fell;
The sky fell on Lebanon
Reducing her cedars and poplars to shrubs
And turning her into a vast wasteland –
Thirsty and weary.
And so the sky fell;
The sky fell on Lebanon
With Israel overrunning her with its mighty Force
Pounding and bombarding her to shreds
And turning Lebanese to refugees overnight
With thousands fleeing their homes in a mass exodus.
And so the sky fell *spewing out babies
Prematurely out of their mothers’ wombs with many children
Suddenly finding themselves in hospitals
Because of injuries sustained in a war they knew nothing about
And so the sky fell;
The sky fell on Lebanon provoking constant flashes of lightning
And a great thunder blast which left many craters
And deep holes on her roads and heart.
And so the sky fell;
The sky fell on Lebanon, drawing the ire of the world
With Kofi squeaking like an ensnared mouse, while Israel
Continued to bombard Lebanon mercilessly
As diplomacy is scorned by the White House and Downing Street
Leaving the world to howl “immediate cease fire” etcetera
Finally, the sky fell;
The sky fell on Lebanon reducing her once again to ashes!
- JOHN ODEY ADUMA, AUGUST 3, 2006.
