Beloved people of Gaza
Beloved people of Gaza
Treasured people of Palestine
Teachers of courage and dignity
Archetype of humanity
Allow me to kneel down
And wash your feet with my tears
Kiss your blessed hands
And sprinkle your beautiful faces with musk and roses
While we sat pondering like fools
Utterly helpless
Talking much and doing less
Going round and round in circles
Thinking how to help
What to offer you to relief some of your pain
As usual
Full of surprises, you come out to our rescue, to soothe our agony
You present us with the most precious gifts
Lessons in bravery
Steadfastness, patience, perseverance, defiance, resilience
Optimism against all odds
Creativity in the face of utter oblivion
You’ve demonstrated that you are the free ones … we are the captives
You chose resistance over subjugation
You decided not to be enslaved
Not even to superpowers
© Copyright 2006 Nahida Izzat -PoetryforPalestine – All Rights Reserved
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Poetry for Palestine 
No amount of words will express mine and the Palestinians thanks for your tireless effort and struggle. May Allah bless you and always give you the strength to continue….
I will use this poem to post elsewhere on my site and here is an interesting site for you http://www.icahd.org/eng/
This is myspace website… http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=346992179
Peace and Blessings
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