Refaat Al-Areer "If I Must Die"

Published by Sarah Uzunlar, ProMosaik Poetry 

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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