A Rose For Gaza


Gaza is a garden full of roses.
Stone roses.
Rock roses.
No petals to crush and bruise
to release their fragrance.
Only dust.
Dust and the stench
of death.
No green space left.
No sweet tranquility,
peace or quiet.
No escape.
No garden of Eden here.
No gateway to paradise.
Rubble and rock roses.

So I shall plant a rose for Gaza
in my green space,
in my tranquil garden.
I won’t bruise it,
just gently sniff it’s fragrance
and hope that one day
fragrant roses will bloom again
in the garden of Gaza.

What else can I do?



Degenerates, Voices For Peace Anthology, Weasel Press, June 2015
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25544202-degenerates

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