We Will Rise

As I close my eyes Avoiding the darkness of the black smoke surrounding me I envision a place Where children laugh and play Parents watch and smile All eyes are glistening with happiness The sparkling sun rests in the clear blue sky shining upon them Everyone is at ease Peace is existent And tolerance is spread Throughout my beloved homeland Nature is beautiful and rich The world is a place of comfort and safety But once I open my eyes I realize that tear gas is blinding me I am struggling under the rubble I am deaf from the constant booms that shake the earth Children bleed and cry Parents plead and pray Everyone is dying, panicking Violence erupted Hatred has invaded Throughout my beloved, occupied homeland Everything burns Every bit of nature is now dead like the death of innocent people I realize hopelessly that the world has been broken down Everyone is in their own world Palestinians are in a world that has been taken and slaughtered But we are just a piece of the world The other worlds are heedless of our collapsing one But I am a Palestinian And I will recreate this world as I envisioned it when I closed my eyes We will rise! We will rise! With black, red, green, and white in our eyes