I Don’t Want to Die

Theme: Love Letters to Palestine

I wonder if God let me choose,

Which places I would want to be from.

I might choose to be Brazilian.

I am not sexy but I would love to learn Samba.

I might choose to be Italian.

I could eat pasta and pizza every day.

I might choose to be French.

I am overweight yet fashionable.

I might choose to be Swiss.

Nature, chocolate, and cheese are irresistible.

I could list many places based on

food, music, dance and weather.

Palestine is on my list.

I put two lines under her name.

An angel in the corner laughing,

Why would you choose a place filled with blood and death?

I didn't ask him, have you tried Maklouba?

I don’t ask him about Dabka.

I don’t tell him how much of an olive oil’s lover I am.

I don’t tell him about Gaza’s sea.

I don’t speak about my friends.

I don’t speak about the weather.

I just answer: no, I don’t want to die.

Palestine always gives a better explanation to my existence.