Forgive Us (A Meditation in a Time of Genocide) – A Poem

By Roger Sheety

A searing piece of defiance and mourning, this poem turns the language of apology on its head to confront the hypocrisy, violence, and dehumanization Palestinians have long endured.

Forgive us for not being white enough,

For not having blonde hair and blue eyes,

For (most of us) having the “wrong” religion.

Forgive us for being Palestinian,

For being Muslim and Christian and secular.

Forgive us for…