Auntie Salma has died
A Palestinian mother
Far from home
Not complaining
...
handcuffed and blindfolded
and taken to an unknown location
handcuffed and blindfolded
hooded lost and hidden
...
Gentle Aboud
Just out from Ramallah
Where Jesus himself
Once preached at each door
...
Apache copters fire on schools
filled with children,
filled with teachers
While the real Apaches
...
Wall slices Palestine,
wall fence, human shame
wall steals water
wall divides town
...
Grant us peace,
that we may not oppress our neighbors
Grant us justice,
that we may not enslave our neighbors
...
Gaza dying quickly
parched and starving
sea close by
tongue caked with salt
...
Then let’s forget the word entirely
it’s a made up modern word
for what’s been done by tribes since before before
made up by Raphael Lemkin
...
Just Lemons And Limes
Auntie Salma has died
A Palestinian mother
Far from home
Not complaining
Her daughters and son crushed fresh lime and lemon leaves
From potted plants
And held them to her nose at the last
An aroma of home
Not war
Not separation
Just Lemons and limes
Her last meal was foule
Picked fresh in her son’s garden
In Vermont
Not in Aboud
Not in al-Ouds
Not exile
Just lemons and limes
Just freedom
Im pleasre tht u write grear poems abt palestine & gaza where im, i read some, realy nice & touching hearts..well im still new here & wish be frs too inshallah .. keep going, u have a great pen & truely feelings to... blesssssing thx :)