Refaat Al-Areer "If I Must Die"
If I Must Die - Refaat Al-Areer
If I must die,
you must live to
tell my story to
sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in
Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a
blaze—
and bid no one farewell not
even to his flesh not even to
himself—
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love
If I must die
let it bring hope let it be a tale.
Poem taken from the book: Poems For Palestine
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