Stay Human… Stay Sane
By nahida The Exiled Palestinian
14 September, 2013
Poetry For Palestine
How can one see all this evil
and stay sane
How can a soul live all these horrors
and stay sane
How can a brain digest all this lunacy
and stay sane
how can such a small heart feel all this pain
and stay sane
Retreat, take a refuge within
Listen to your heart beating
Tune in, hear the music, as you pray
Share some bread with za’ater and olive oil
Speak a word of love, kind and caring, two or more
Embrace with a heart tender and warm
Listen with grace to someone’s problem
Caress a wound, of an injured life
Hold a hand, wipe the tears of a weepy soul
Offer a shoulder to a tearful face
Hug a child in anguish or fear
Give a smile, genuine and pure
Seeds of mercy, compassion and love
Plant everywhere
Watch your heart-songs come to life
Dance to their heavenly tune
Delight as poetry fills you soul
Rinse, rinse, rinse your being
As flakes of love
Fall down like rain
Nahida is a Jerusalem-born Palestinian refugee living in exile for over 42 years. She was forced to leave my homeland, Palestine at the age of seven during the six-day war. She is a mathematician by profession. She has published two books- I Believe in Miracles, and Palestine, The True Story. Email: [email protected]
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