Thank you for the Masala Chai

From UAE

I am following the instructions 

To boil it the way you did

A year ago

On a similarly cold day

While bombs rain on Gaza

And children cry

Thank you for the Masala Chai

And warning me

It would be different from Starbucks

When you first made it for me 

A year ago

On a similarly cold day

While bombs rain on Gaza 

And children die

They want me to fear you

They want me to fear your language

They want me to fear your religion

They want me to fear this chai

that you made for me

On a similarly cold day

While bombs rain on Gaza 

And children die

Thank you for the Masala Chai

I made it the traditional Indian way

The way you taught me

A year ago

On a similarly cold day

While bombs rain on Gaza 

And children die

Thank you for the Masala Chai

It was sweet and spicy

And smooth 

I drank it 

While bombs rain on Gaza

And 26,000+ people die 

And dying children scream and cry

And grieving women starve 

And innocent men are denied their humanity

And the queers are pink washed 

by their white brethren who know better

We all should know better

While bombs rain on Gaza

And children die