I am so blessed

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

 

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I am so blessed

Being a Palestinian

Being a refugee

For over fifty years

I am so blessed

I wasn’t in the tank

With an army uniform

Killing and destroying

To frighten people away

“It was a barren land”

Later on to say!

I am so blessed

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Being under curfew

For most of my life

I am so blessed

I wasn’t with the army

Erecting high walls

Shooting at civilians

At every check-point

I am so blessed

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Losing my father

In one of their raids

I am so blessed

That it was not I

Flying planes of terror

Firing that missile

Then Laughing and rejoicing

The mission was a success

I am so blessed

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Watching my brother

Being taken away

I am so blessed

I wasn’t one of those

Kicking till he bled

From his nose and head

I am so blessed

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Burying my baby

With a bullet in her heart

I am so blessed

I wasn’t that soldier

Who took a baby’s life

Nor was I his mother

Who welcomed him a hero

When coming back home

I am so blessed

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Sleeping in a UN tent

Shivering in the freezing cold

I am so blessed

I wasn’t that settler

Who occupied my home

Justifying massacres

With a “PROMISE SO DIVINE”

Then, tossing and turning

 All night long

Wondering what’s wrong

Haunted by his deeds

Searching like mad

For a long lost peace

Which he can’t find

I am so blessed

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 Holding David’s stone

In my little hand

I am so blessed

I wasn’t giant Goliath

With mass-destruction might

Seeing himself invincible

With no hope in sight

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I Sing for Life

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

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by Palestinian poet Tawfeeq Ziyad

And I’d give half my lifetime to he who makes a crying child laugh

And I’d give the other half to protect a green flower from decay

And I’d walk a thousand years following a song

And I’d cross a thousand valleys whose paths are full of thorns

And I’d sail every sea that is rough to gather the scent at the lilac shores

 I am humanity in the shape of human

So would I relax, while the chaste blood is being spilled!!

 I’m singing to life

For to life I offered all my poems

 And my poems are all I’ve got

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Your wings … my haven

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

When storms rage with anger

When sky rains lightning and thunder

I know exactly where to hide

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Touch of magic

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

Amidst the nightmarish ‘surreality’ we live in today, remember to hold on to those you love. Cherish every moment with your family, friends and spiritual family, those who fill your life with sweetness, tenderness, kindness, and joy, those who never fail to brush your day with a

Touch of magic

Today

Everything was black and white…

Void of your presence

My world was grey

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You walk in

All blushes with blossom

Vibrant… fantastic hues

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Today

My universe was 2D

I could only slide sideways

Just about left or right

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You walk in

Up… I pop…  I jump

 In so many directions

My cosmos is of ten dimensions

Free… I fly

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Today

I was blue icy cold

My shattered frosty pieces

Rattled inside

Icicles 

You walk in

My spring blooms

Jasmine… lilies…

Tulips and azaleas

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Today

I was diminishing

Fraying… fading away

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You walk in

My heart… consoled

My smile… radiant

My soul… whole

Restored

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Today… all was dull

Shrouded with gloom

Clouded by despair

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With a touch of magic

Of your being

Life is transformed

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Exhilarating

Majestic

Supreme

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Who is there?

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

Oh human

Can’t you see!

I am precisely like you

I don’t like being humiliated

I am no one’s doormat

I’m person in my own right

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When I was born

I was born innocent

Happy and free

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And I want to live

A normal life

With dignity

Wouldn’t you?

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I realise there is a dawn

Waiting to be born

And that… after hardship… passes away

Ease will come to life… very soon

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But… they inflicted so much

Pain and cruelty

Upon this little girl

And upon her homeland

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The world is watching

Eyes open wide

In bewilderment

And disbelief

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“What we are watching

Is a fiction movie

It’s not really true”

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While in exile

Puzzled… I agonize

Wiping tears off my saddened face

Searching around

Any one there?

This is My Palestine

Looking up… into sky

Did You hear my cries?

Did You witness the crime?

In Palestine, Something Miraculous Happens

Suddenly

Knock… knock

A gentle tap

Yes, coming

Who is there?

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Hope is here

Smiling at my heart

Standing by my door

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I am all of those

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

 

Even when full

 Bites of hunger eat my guts

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Clad with soft and silky garments

I feel bare, no clothes can veil

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Wrapped up cozy in a home so warm

 My shivering bones are bitterly cold

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Snug and secure in my serene abode

In constant fear… ever terrorized

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No health problems or complaint

Yet throbbing pains tear me apart

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This being within is not only me

But all of those who roam the earth

Longing to be loved

Yearning to be Seen

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No warmth … No shelter

No wealth… No health

 No food … No haven

Fleeting in stealth

Longing to be loved

Yearning to be Seen

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When a child lies in bed with hunger

When a baby dies for a droplet of water

When toddlers are torn with drones to pieces

Hearts of angels burst into flames… blazing fire

Souls of prophets split asunder

Heaven cries with rage and thunder

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Wait man… wait

God postpones… Never ignores

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Closing your eyes pretending not to see

God’s eyes neither snooze nor go to sleep

Tenderly caressing fathers who mourn

 Watching over mamas who weep

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NO… No escape

We are all to blame

No lame excuse can wash our shame

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Don’t get me wrong, no offence intended

But truth can hurt and may even kill

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Gazing in the abyss while staying still

No longer an option… You have got a will

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Don’t go far searching for the truth

Look inside, search only within

Open your heart and sing my song

Praise the Sublime and join along

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Yes I am indeed all of those

Who roam the earth

Fleeting in stealth

Longing to be loved

Yearning to be seen

Don't Plant Anything But Love

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A letter to God

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

 يا ودود 

Ya Wadoud

Dear Most Loving

Here I am

Wandering in the wilderness

Cold… soaking… frightened… lonely… lost

Dripping pain and sorrow

 tears

Arriving

Knocking at your door

Humbly kneeling down

Hands upraised

Face hidden with tears

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Requesting of Your generosity

Appealing of Your kindness

Pleading of Your mercy

 0001 heart

Shroud me with Your bliss

Wrap me up with Your pleasure

Shower me with Your blessings

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Make no desire in my heart

Greater than being with You

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No aspiration dearer

Than the bounty of Your love

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Make me a mouthpiece of Your truth

A fingerprint of Your creativity

An ambassador of Your reality

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Make me a pathway of Your certainty

 A sign of Your authenticity

A whisper of Your inspiration

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Make me a fountain of kindness

A lantern of guidance

A waterfall of honesty

A cascade of delight

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 Make me a footstep

Leading to Your splendour

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Make me a pail

Pouring out love

Watching all content

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Make me a lamp

Glowing with tenderness and warmth

Until none is lost in darkness or despair

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Make me a cloud

Full of goodness

Raining joy

Planting affection

Flowering passion

Blooming compassion

Fruiting closeness

Picking intimacy

Feeding ecstasy and reunion

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Watching all fulfilled

Living whole… serene and satisfied

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Dear Most Loving

It’s only through knowing You

Can distressed hearts

Find tranquillity and peace

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The wise have said:

“ if you love a thing so much, it will reveal its secrets to you”

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Dear Most Loving

Here I am

An empty vessel

Lift me… Fill me… Use me

As You wish

My will is nothing

But Yours

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Dear Most Loving

I am walking towards you

Your promise is true

Come running towards me

 Hold me… embrace me

I am all Yours

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BIZARRE

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

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A century of savagery:

Ethnically cleansing us,
Slow-genociding us,
Slaughtering our babies,
Breaking the bones of our children,
Shooting at point blank our boys and girls,
Imprisoning and torturing our bravest,
Assassinating our finest,
Denying our refugees the right to return home,
Eradicating our architectural heritage,
Disconnecting our towns,
Uprooting our trees,
Stealing our water and resources,
Destroying our Biblical villages,
Demolishing our homes,
Sabotaging our landscape,
Poisoning our environment,
Desecrating our places of worship,
Violating the sanctuary of our ancestors,
Defaming our culture,
Denying our very humanity

Sabotaging our farms into a nuclear dump,

Replacing our peaceful, inclusive, life-cherishing Holy Land,
With a violent, exclusive, death-manufacturing unholy fortress

Then,
After all that;

They get “offended” that

WE DO NOT PARTICULARLY LIKE THEM !

HELLO…

How can one “love” evil?

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May

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

May…

In your garden
May your good deeds
Flower before your eyes
Bright and colourful

Around your shoulders
May your kind actions
Swathe you with love
Warm and serene

Beneath your feet
May your nice words
Blossom poppies and lilies
Startling and sublime

Eternally
May your tender heart
Be filled with joy so sweet

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People with Green Hearts

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

Arabic poem,

Author شهرزاد الخليج

Translated and illustrated by Nahida Exiled Palestinian

 

People with green hearts

 
The colour of trees is the colour of their hearts 
Their dreams… water pure
 Their imagination… sky wide
 They are capable of infinite forgiveness 
Have the ability to bathe in optimism
 And to wash themselves in dreams to the very last drop

 People with green hearts
 Don’t ever expect to be stabbed from the back 
By a hand that once shook theirs
 Their days and seasons are works of art painted with hope
 They don’t learn easily from their mistakes
 Instead, they keep repeating them like a child’s bad habits

 They offer hearts around them infinite trust 
They’re incapable of seeing the colour black in existence

 People with green hearts 
Come intimately near to those who pass them by in life, 
So much so that they are glued to them 
They cling to the minute details 
Ever trusting of those around
 Creative in finding excuses to the faults of others 

 People with green hearts 
Cling onto beginnings like mad 
Reject endings fiercely 
They can’t comprehend separation

They trick reality with a dream 
The dream with an illusion 
On the map of hope, they occupy vast areas

People with green hearts
 Don’t recognise mistrust or deception 
Nor do they cause others to taste portrayal 

They start with purity
 And end up with faithfulness
 Longing steals much of their time
 They keep loyal to their tales until death 
Yesterday has immense reverence in their lives

 People with green hearts
 Play the role of peace doves
 Spreading love on earth 
Help in building abodes of joy 

They hasten to mend the broken hearts
 And talk with the voice of affection
About love and dreams

They make you feel that it’s them 
Who invented the colour “white” in this universe

 People with green hearts 
Hold fast to childhood, despite the passing of years 
Their hearts forever young 
Their souls never grow old, nor become polluted 

Their faces reflects babyhood innocence 

Their eyes mirror truthfully their essence
They’re not good at hiding, or deceiving 
And fail miserably in wearing masks

 People with green hearts
 Never fail you when you need them
 They are the first to cover your needs

 When feeling overwhelmed;
They are the first thing that you lay your eyes upon 
The first who come to your rescue when drowned in sorrow 

When you are suffocated they’d give you their breath 
They’d make their lives a life ring thrown to you

 People with green hearts
 When they love, they love passionately 

When they are faithful, they are faithful passionately
 When they get a shock, the get a shock passionately

 And when they are broken, they are broken passionately
 When they give, they give passionately 
And when they cry, they cry passionately
 If you find yourself embraced
 By one of those with green hearts 
Cling onto them… passionately

 As they are a rare treasure
 In times of colour-shifting hearts
 

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