The Lover

The Lover


Her eyes and the tattoo on her hands are Palestinian,
Her name, Palestinian,
Her dreams and sorrow, Palestinian,
Her kerchief, her feet and body, Palestinian,
Her words and her silence, Palestinian,
Her voice, Palestinian,
Her birth and her death, Palestinian.

Mahmoud Darwish

the land of 99¢

the land of 99¢

stripped of everything

uprooted

put in a 99¢ vase

missing another world

another language

another beat

another hip that moves

another muddy road

longing for a home

longing for a heart

seeking to unpack

seeking to unfold

a tent

seeking the lost

the unfound

the non-existent

the far away

the invisible

between the vacuum and nothing

there is nothing

will there ever be something?