It’s Dark Now

There was a time when

‘it’s not dark yet”

seemed apposite,

suitably pessimistic

for that time

but with a ray of hope. 

But now night is falling fast.

In the wake of the Nazi holocaust

no one offered excuses for them

no exceptions were made.

International organisations were set up

to ensure that international laws were upheld.

War criminals would be prosecuted without exception

and states committing genocide would be sanctioned.

But that was then.

Now an exception is made for one state

that has broken international law

for decades without sanction

and has committed plausible genocide,

it’s leaders now identified as war criminals.

Now, as darkness falls,

even with unanimity between all 

international organisations

and all aid agencies,

it is those organisations

and those agencies who are vilified,

demonised, denounced and threatened

not the state accused, 

not the perpetrators.

They are excused.

The most powerful of nations 

are on their side 

even though

the death of  humane humanity

is being screened screaming

even though 

it’s black as pitch in Rafah.

https://dissidentvoice.org/2024/06/its-dark-now/