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Mother's Day

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To my Mum…
And all the Mothers in the world…

Mother's Day

My Mother

I long for my mother's bread
My mother's coffee
Her touch
Childhood memories grow up in me
Day after day
I must be worth my life
At the hour of my death
Worth the tears of my mother.

And if I come back one day
Take me as a veil to your eyelashes
Cover my bones with the grass
Blessed by your footsteps
Bind us together
With a lock of your hair
With a thread that trails from the back of your dress
I might become immortal
Become a God
If I touch the depths of your heart.

If I come back
Use me as wood to feed your fire
As the clothesline on the roof of your house
Without your blessing
I am too weak to stand.

I am old
Give me back the star maps of childhood
So that I
Along with the swallows
Can chart the path
Back to your waiting nest.

- Mahmood Darwish

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Posted by Haitham Sabbah on Sunday, March 20, 2005, at 10:06 pm. Filed under Good News. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. Comments are closed, but you can trackback from your blog.

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  1. Eman | March 22, 2005 at 7:06 pm | Permalink

    That was simply beautiful! Happy mother's Day to your mom and your wife :)

  2. Haitham | March 22, 2005 at 7:17 pm | Permalink

    Thank you dear. Same to you and your Mum :-)

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