Allow me to write you today and start with:
Dear Mr. captain at the border
I heard you got a new lens for your rifle
Does the new addition bring kids heads closer?
They tell me you killed five kids today
I hope you made your country proud soldier
Last night you killed my friend and cousin too
Kill more and they might give you a promotion
What's kids to you but another collateral damage
The world doesn't count the people you are killing
But If I could count them I'd have a book full of name
Each name tells a story of agony and oppression
Your laughter could be heard in each page
That same evil hysterical laughter of every oppressor
In minutes the water and electricity will go out
So I'm afraid I can't continue writing this letter
But I'm looking forward to hearing from you
If the bombs you drop don't kill me and my mother
~Salah Omar © 2019
