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Body of a The 13-year-old Palestinian boy is seen at the morgue…..
Something about his face reminded me of Sam;
Semitic features of a pubescent child
Ready to blossom and take on the world
Now barren and empty of God’s gift.
‘Don’t take his picture – he is mine!
He is not political – he is ‘Habibi’
He is a child!’
Did he moan about homework, ya mama?
Did he leave his room a mess?
Did he eat you out of house and home?
‘Just one more kiss – please?
Before God’s Angels take my place’
Thieves of children – Thieves of motherhood!
Today I will not nag you Sam – not today!
Watch what you will on TV – let your socks fall on the floor
Kick your football until the sun has long gone down
While I mourn your brother’s death with his mother
‘He was a good boy – always helpful around the home
Worked hard at school
Let me say goodbye one more time?’
Language and culture melting in a moment of shared humanity
Of a mother’s love
A political symbol of a world gone mad
But one mother’s little boy.
Semitic features of a pubescent child
Ready to blossom and take on the world
Now barren and empty of God’s gift.
‘Don’t take his picture – he is mine!
He is not political – he is ‘Habibi’
He is a child!’
Did he moan about homework, ya mama?
Did he leave his room a mess?
Did he eat you out of house and home?
‘Just one more kiss – please?
Before God’s Angels take my place’
Thieves of children – Thieves of motherhood!
Today I will not nag you Sam – not today!
Watch what you will on TV – let your socks fall on the floor
Kick your football until the sun has long gone down
While I mourn your brother’s death with his mother
‘He was a good boy – always helpful around the home
Worked hard at school
Let me say goodbye one more time?’
Language and culture melting in a moment of shared humanity
Of a mother’s love
A political symbol of a world gone mad
But one mother’s little boy.
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A boy dead, a citizen gone...
A mother weeps in anguish,
A nation cries out: oppression!
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The Tears of Gaza
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Permalink Reply by Huda A. Khamis on -
Kathleen
your poetry touched my heart,
God Bless You
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