06/04/2026

on this earth


 

on this earth


we have on this earth what makes life worth living: april's hesitation, the

aroma of bread

at dawn, a woman's point of view about men, the works of aeschylus, the

beginning

of love, grass on a stone, mothers living on a flute's sigh and the invader's fear

of memories


we have on this earth what makes life worth living: the final days of

september, a woman

keeping her apricots ripe after forty, the hour of sunlight in prison, a cloud

reflecting a swarm

of creatures, the people's applause for those who face death with a smile,

a tyrant's fear of songs


we have on this earth what makes life worth living: on this earth, the lady

of earth,

mother of all beginnings and ends

she was called palestine

her name later became palestine

my lady, because you are my lady, i deserve life


mahmoud darwish