September 22, 2011 § 16 Comments
What is yours is not
The sands shift under your feet
Pushed aside again
Empires trampled your past
Persia subjugates
The Greeks made you like the dogs
and the Pharaoh’s toy
Roman curiosity
Byzantine’s bondman
Caliphates and Crusaders
Then the Ottoman
The crowns of Europe betray
You are Palestine
The ghosts of the past haunt you
Violence holds you hostage
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Wow. Well done.
pretty powerful poem.
I like its structure and flow.
well written.
The last line may be the most meaningful in the poem. Very well written piece.
You are right violence does hold you hostage and it is so hard to escape but when and if you do your life will take on a new peace. Great poem
http://gatelesspassage.com/2011/09/21/remember-the-years/
A strong poem, loaded with significance. It punches through history to the present.
Harry
This is a wonderful piece!! And timely content too!! 🙂
powerful.
Thanks for sharing.
Very powerful. I like the last line 🙂
Very Nice, as I do enjoy history. So this one… well done.
amazing piece, the ending is perfect.
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Oh… interesting writing. Nice imagery. Quite gripping, and the ending keeps lingering. Thanks so much for sharing.
Violence doesn’t end conflict only perpetuates it, powerful reminder.
Liked this one, great subject and breadth. There are so many countries like Palestine, most of them sit between continents and empires and have to bear the constant suffering that being a liminal buffer zone engenders. Yet is this true of Israel/ Palestine? The religions of the book and the prophets of the desert … well springs of love and pain.
‘Empires trampled your past’, love this line
Loved the way the flow and the message of how the cycle has continued throughout history.
enjoyed it … very powerful write