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Genevieve Cora Fraser Poem: Palestinian Endurance
Palestinian Endurance
By Genevieve Cora Fraser
In your fortress study
Defender of
the right to return
Un-oppressed
Mind set in a
People's
Right to return
Whole as a
nation
Possessed of self
You sift through the
wreckage
Of unrestrained assault
On cherished lives
Struggling to live free
>From the
henchman's
Visit to their soul
You sift through the
lost
Garden of memory
Dusty with time's
Passage
through pain
Reigns of tyrants
Visions of
prophets'
Dreams of a nation
Yet to be
Please know
I am with you
As your pulse races forward
And heart
beats defiance
As your sun browned hand
Reaches to
hold
My hand extends
To touch your soul
With light
and love
I am with you in joy
In fear in sorrow
In
the courage to confront
Your oppressor
Through
survival
Breathing love's protection
Within
I
whisper
Hold on
As the dark moments linger
Waiting
in pain
In longing for peace
I offer you hope
In
the calm
Before the
Storm
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