R A Ruadh

Luna sees

The moon rises over the rubble

reflecting on the restless sea

competing serenely with the

bright white phosphor explosions

glowing fires of burning tents and food warehouses

red flashing lights of ambulances under attack

The moon rises over the rubble

listening silently to the screams

of children enduring agonizing pain

sounds of splattering blood

flesh tearing as dying mothers birth

starved infants by artillery C-section

The moon rises over the rubble

watching the most moral army in the world

following their ancient burial rights

of placing stones upon graves of the dead

casting them with bulldozers to accommodate volume

The moon rises over the rubble

a beacon of light for the endless ghosts

embryos fetuses infants toddlers children

teenagers brothers sisters mothers fathers

aunts uncles grandmothers grandfathers

The moon rises over the rubble

as stars weep memories over the

poisoned earth which never more shall bloom

with crops other than bones and blood

unexploded missiles and memorials of

shame shaped stones

disguised as morality

After making the UN’s 2024 blacklist for abuse, violence, wounding, and killing of tens of thousands of children in Gaza, Netanyahu defended the IDF as the “most moral military in the world”.

In Jewish tradition a visitor to a burial site will place a stone on the grave.