April nine of forty-eight — the village of Deir Yassin
Irgun and Lehi moving through before the morning’s end
One hundred and seven civilians — the conservative account
The psychological weapon — the terror of the mount
Seven hundred thousand driven from the land they knew
The Nakba — the catastrophe — the history they withdrew
From textbooks and from television from the halls of power’s speech
A manufactured silence keeping truth beyond your reach
Pro-Israel lobbying writing what the congress dare not say
Christian Zionist theology keeping doubt at bay
Media architecture built around a singular narrative frame
And anyone who questions it is buried with the shame
THE UNSPOKEN — sealed inside the wound
THE UNSPOKEN — buried but not entombed
Deir Yassin and the Nakba and the blood upon the sand
Seven hundred thousand people driven from their land
THE UNSPOKEN — the lobbying of fear
THE UNSPOKEN — the truth they will not hear
Sabra and Shatila — Qana — Gaza — Cast Lead
The cycle of the silence
Is a cycle of the dead
Lebanon eighty-two and the invasion’s calculated hand
Sabra and Shatila — Christian militias on the land
Israeli forces standing at the perimeter in the night
While three days of slaughter consumed what remained of the light
Qana — civilians sheltered in a UN base
Israeli artillery erasing every face
Operation Cast Lead and the Goldstone Report’s finding
War crimes documented — international community blinding
The Mavi Marmara in international water
Aid workers executed — the silence growing taller
Gaza 2014 — infrastructure dust
The Great March of Return met with bullets and disgust
THE UNSPOKEN — sealed inside the wound
THE UNSPOKEN — buried but not entombed
Deir Yassin and the Nakba and the blood upon the sand
Seven hundred thousand people driven from their land
THE UNSPOKEN — the lobbying of fear
THE UNSPOKEN — the truth they will not hear
Sabra and Shatila — Qana — Gaza — Cast Lead
The cycle of the silence
Is a cycle of the dead
The word Nakba means catastrophe.
Seven hundred thousand people.
Four hundred and eighteen villages.
Erased from the map.
The survivors are still alive.
Their children are still alive.
Their grandchildren are still alive.
And in America.
You are not allowed to say their name.
Without consequence.
Without career damage.
But the BDS movement cannot be silenced by the law
The student encampments standing for justice wall to wall
Independent media documenting what the networks hide
The weaponized accusation losing credibility worldwide
Declassified archives opening what they sealed away
The Nakba is not ancient history — it is happening today
The Unspoken is being spoken by a generation unafraid
And the cycle of the silence
Is a cycle being unmade
THE UNSPOKEN — WE ARE SPEAKING NOW
THE UNSPOKEN — WE WILL NOT BOW
Deir Yassin and the Nakba and the blood upon the sand
Seven hundred thousand people reclaiming their land
THE UNSPOKEN — the fear has lost its hold
THE UNSPOKEN — the truth cannot be controlled
Sabra and Shatila — Qana — Gaza — Cast Lead
The cycle of the silence
Is a cycle
Of the dead
Say the names.
Deir Yassin.
Sabra and Shatila.
Qana.
Gaza.
The Nakba.
The Unspoken
Is being spoken.