Wednesday, February 11, 2009

To the children of Israel / Palestina who have died


Flowers from Hell


Run, my child, run,

before the battle of two brothers

change you into a heavenly messenger,

sowing flowers over our green fields,

that your feet never will touch again.


Your sin was to be born in a promised land,

torn and divided by hate,

ripped open to the heart,

where blood tainted

your past and future.


Your future was to be,

Your past was you,

you played like yesterday,

like an angel sowing love,

when he decided

it was time

to strike from heaven

with his rockets from hell.


Like fields of flower

clouds of red and yellow and white

drifted lazily over our green fields

to cover the scars

of a town, a region, a country,

terrorized, destroyed,

and to cover your broken body,

my child, born in hate and misery,

my child, robbed from your most valued,

your childhood.

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