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TITLE: Words* |
AUTHOR: Ehab Lotayef |
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DATE: January 24, 2001 |
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In a protest that doesn't end I ware "the scarf"* for months, non-end Bodies still falling by the tens My plan works not to my intent May hands -- one day -- do what hands may For words can't do what hands can say Poems, sighs, and cries, won't bring back rights Tyrants don't care how hard we pray Flow, blood stream, flow under the vine Water the farms of Palestine May you convey what words can't say May you -- one day -- make the sun shine While we sink, deep, in our own words Scream as we may, we're never heard Guilty we are, guilty of words Guilty of being merely words ehab@i... * The full context of the above will be only understood if you read: "Guilty as Charged" written in October 2000. Then, I had decided to wear a Palestinian scarf (Koufeah) in support of the Palestinian uprising, till it ends. Seems I will wear it for long. END |