TAKEOFF Poem by Najwan Darwish

TAKEOFF



You take off from the earth
but can't help falling back again
You'll land
on your feet or on your face, you'll land
Even if the plane explodes
your pieces, your atoms
will still land
You're nailed to it:
the earth, your small cross

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