The sky fell on Lebanon
And smashed her to shreds
And so, the sky fell;
The sky fell on Lebanon and reduced her to a rubble.
And so, the sky fell;
The sky fell on Lebanon
And brought her untold hardships and miseries,
Killing and maiming thousands
With blood of its children gushing out
Like the Victoria Falls
And flooding the streets.
And so, the sky fell;
The sky fell on Lebanon
Reducing her timber of cedar and timber of fir to shrubs
And turning her into a vast wasteland,
Thirsty and weary.
And so, the sky fell;
The sky fell on Lebanon
With Israel overrunning her with its mighty force
Pounding and bombarding her into shreds
And turning Lebanese into refugees overnight
With thousands fleeing their homes;
And so, the sky fell forcing premature babies
Out of their mothers’ wombs with many children
Suddenly finding themselves in hospitals
Because of injuries sustained in a war they know nothing about,
And so, the sky fell;
The sky fell on Lebanon provoking pulsating
Lighting and thunder which left craters
And deep holes on her roads and hearts.
And so, the sky fell;
The sky fell on Lebanon, drawing the ire of the world
With Kofi squeaking like a trapped mouse, while Israel
Continued to bombard Lebanon mercilessly
As diplomacy is scorned by the White House and Downing Street
Leaving the world to howl “immediate cease fire” etcetera.
Finally, the sky fell;
The sky fell on Lebanon reducing her once again to ashes!
- JOHN ODEY ADUMA
August 3, 2006.