“What is the difference? ” they asked
The tears in both their eyes were warm and salty
What is the difference?
In the pain seen in their dark eyes.
What is the difference?
In the life blood staining the ground.
They made a difference
By weeping together and sharing their sorrow.
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Dedicated to Seham Abu Awwad and Robi Damelin
Written on the London underground after meeting Seham Abu Awwad and Robi Damelin in St Martins in the Field at the Cartoon Exhibition.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
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