To Rachel Corrie with love

Would your death, dear Rachel, wake the dead

World who watches our death sleeping in its bed ?

Would the world remain silent and continue to be mislead

And with lies, hypocrisy and ignorance continue to be fed ?

 

Would your death, sweet Rachel, be another number

Added to the long list of martyrs and freedom fighters ?

No shame, no decency in the faces of those who govern

No humanity, no courage in the hearts of the occupiers

 

Would your death, humane Rachel, beautiful flower

Be transformed into a threat to all those who seek the honor ?

Those who come from abroad defying the power

To rescue their fellow brothers despite differences of color ?

 

Sweet, precious, dear Rachel

May the birds continue to sing your name

And the flowers, nourished by your treasured blood,

Illuminate the darkness of the world all around

 

And your spirit continue to fly above our land

And our prayers accompany you, through the ocean and its sand

And our grief envelope your soul like a perfume in pain

With all your fellow martyrs in the sky above

 

Be happy with all the martyrs of Palestine

Walk with them, hand in hand

Love is universal, love is humane

Forces of occupation, shall be erased by the rain

AbdelFattah Abu-Srour, PhD
Director of Al-Rowwad Cultural and Theatre Training Center