Wednesday 30 September 2015

For Palestine with Love



(today the Palestinian flag will be raised at the the United Nations for the first time, a proud and emotional day.)

I have never been to Palestine
But it is a country I have grown to love 
The scent of its soil so close
Even though as I write  it is in chains 
And its cities daily bleed, voices weeping
I cannot afford to grief, because its future cry's out
Where faces shine with hope and trust
The land from the rivers to the sea, free again 
With one soul, hand in hand, the end of occupation 
The lands fragrance, penetrates awareness
A homeland restored, to how  it used to be 
Thousands return from exile 
With kindness, humbleness and respect
Refusing to surrender ever again 
Allowed to snatch a few moments of joy 
Watch olive trees blossom, vineyards flourish
No longer uprooted or denied 
From,the desert earth, insistence grows 
Oppression banished, the people awake again to laughter
No more babies maimed, no more crying 
Air around discharge vapours of peace 
Iinfectious smiles again released 
As  suffocating walls of apartheid are destroyed
Until this freedom is returned,
I will continue to speak out 
With my pen, try to transform  darkness into light 
Keep delivering messages, for Palestine with love.
but it is a country I have grown to love
the scent of its soil so close
even though as I write  it is in chains
and its cities daily bleed, voices weeping.
I cannot afford to grief, because its future cry's out
where faces shine with hope and trust
the land from the rivers to the sea, free again 
with one soul, hand in hand, the end of occupation
the lands fragrance, penetrates awareness,
a homeland restored, to how  it used to be. 
Thousands return from exile
with kindness, humbleness and respect
refusing to surrender ever again
allowed to snatch a few moments of joy
watch olive trees blossom, vineyards flourish
no longer uprooted, or  denied 
from the desert earth, insistence grows
oppression banished, the people awake again to laughter.
No more babies maimed, no more crying
air around , breathes in peace, infectious smiles again released
as the suffocating walls of apartheid destroyed
until this freedom is returned, I will continue to speak out
with my pen, try to transform  darkness into light,
keep delivering messages, for Palestine with love.



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