An I for an I: Palestinian and Israeli Children tanka sequence

An I for an I:
Palestinian and Israeli Children 

be as sand

in the places of bloodshed

and kidnaping—

don't sleep while the arrangers

of the world are busy

be suspicious

of the thirsty machinery  

in the world—

the current is already live

in the wire kraal

be the shadow

that struggles with shadows

in the land

of the sleepless streets

where men draw guns on children