I Was Wrong Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

I was wrong

Hear me clear,
Allow me to confess,
I was wrong,
Very wrong,
I spoke from heart,
Had blinded my eyes,
My ears were blocked…

I was told, reminded,
Many times, and again:
"They are not human,
Picture the scorpions,
In the cold, frozen,
Harmless if motionless,
But if warm…"

"Open eyes, " they told me,
Repeated, repeated, repeated,
I replied: "You are wrong…"

They were right,
I nourished the snakes,
Defended the scorpions!

Look around,
Iron dome,
Tanks, bombers,
Poison and venom,
Correct were the tellers:
"Merciless murders
Shed blood and butcher,
Set corpses on fire…"

I was wrong,
My eye was in my heart,
I was deaf and blind…

Now I see and witness,
"Merciless murders
Shed blood and butcher,
Set corpses on fire…"