We'll let them kill you day and night.
Then ask you for restraint.

Restrain yourself until the end.
It may relieve your pain.

But don't rule out the gentler ways:
like sending nice bouquets
to those who blow you into bits
with our tanks and planes.
 

And when you can restrain no more
then maybe, for a change,
you can say something really strong
and give them the excuse
to kill your children and your men
and demolish your homes.

That if they do we will speak out
and never mince our words
will say it clear and have no fear:
"Both sides should share the blame."
 

Then we can all just start again
the cycle of "Restraint".
 
 
 

Ehab Lotayef
Montreal, March 22, 2004

* The USA and the EU called for restraint on both sides after Israeli helicopter gun ships assassinated Ahmed Yassin, the handicapped Palestinian leader.