I want to tell the world
By Nahida
This is a Blog post I saw and read on the Palestinian Mother’s forum. I found it so powerful and so important that I wanted to spread this message further on, and I told Nahida that we need to tell the world – together! And I asked her if I could re-post it here, to which she agreed…
I want to tell the world
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I want to tell the world
A story
About a home With a broken lantern
And a burnt doll
About a picnic That wasn’t enjoyed
About an axe That killed a tulip
A story about a fire That consumed a plait
I want to tell a story About a goat That wasn’t milked
About a mother’s dough That wasn’t baked
About a wedding That wasn’t celebrated
And a girl That didn’t grow up
About a football That wasn’t kicked
About a dove That didn’t fly
I want to tell a story About a key That wasn’t used
About a classroom That wasn’t attended
About a playground That was silenced
About a book That wasn’t read
About a besieged lonely farm
And about its fruits That weren’t picked
A story about a church That’s no longer prayed in
And a mosque That with no longer stands
And a culture No longer rejoiced
I want to tell a story About a muddy grassy roof
About a stone That faced a tank
About a stubborn flag That refuses to lie down
I want to tell the world A story
Now Light a little candle for Palestine
Light a candle One little candle
Watch the darkness fade away
Just try it out
One ray of light
Wipes away the gloomiest
Jet-black nights
As the dawn breaks
Just observe
Can you see that
All the might of darkness
In the world
Cannot extinguish
The faintest flicker
Of a beam of light
Light a candle
One little candle
Watch the darkness fade away
You can do it
Hey.. WORLD
Did you hear me?
- Source: Alice; Jerusalem, Israel
- Alice is not my real name. It’s a nickname I took up about two years ago on my previous Blog on Yahoo. I live in Jerusalem since 1995, when I arrived in Israel. It’s been about two years that I started to have a good look onto what’s going on the “other side of the Wall”, and I haven’t stopped to think and write about it ever since…
That’s very powerful with the photos. I had read the poem before and was very moved by it, the photos really add to it. Nahida, is a friend of mine and I have one of her poems on my site, it is also amazing; she is an extraordinarily gifted poet as well as a lovely person and a humanitarian.
http://fourthreichisrael.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/stone-the-terrorist/
I just read the poem. Nahida may be exiled.. but insha’Allah she will return despite the NaZionist big noses!
ATW
I saw this on another blog. Is there a way we can add it to ours? I think the message is worth sharing with as many who can stand seeing the truth in pictures. Thanks.
Those responsible for this tragedy are not human. If they were they could not perpetrate such atrocity within an established culture. Real humanity cannot turn away from the injustice. It would be forced to act.