\nwith my city of sorrows,
\nwith every joy of it\u2014
\nthe morning scent of sea,
\nthe motley blues of its sky,
\nthe laughter from coffee shops,
\nthe screams of a cab-driver,
\nthe gossip of old women,
\nthe smell of dank alleys.
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\nThere, along crumbling walls,
\nmuralists hope to eternalize their dreams,
\nwhile aging souls sit in their doorways,
\ndrinking strong-tea at noon
\nand reading their fleeting present
\nin the day\u2019s news.
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\nA brown-eyed girls stares from a window.
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\nA small boy returns from the sea with fish.
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\nI walk through my streets,
\namong scars of old losses,
\nthe rubble of broken lives.
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\nHow do I say farewell
\nto those memories?
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\nI feel cold.
\nIt\u2019s getting colder.
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\nMy dear city
\nI have to say goodbye.
\nI\u2019m tired of your losses,
\nof your sorrows,
\neven of your joys.
\nI\u2019m tired of hope.
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\nMy name is Mohammed Moussa. I\u2019m a spoken word poet from Palestine. I earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in English literature and now I work as a journalist, translator, and English language trainer. I\u2019m passionate about writing poetry, it is a safe river where my feelings and emotions can flow peacefully. Through poetry, I express what I feel and experience, I write to convey my experiences to the outside world. Recently, I wrote a poetry book titled.\u201d I Was Born in Gaza,\u201d about my experiences during war-time. Living in a besieged city and occupied country has taught me to snatch the sweetness of life from of the bitterness of miseries.
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\nRobin Ouzman Hislop<\/strong> is Editor of Poetry Life and Times<\/a> his publications include All the Babble of the Souk<\/em> <\/a>and Cartoon Molecules<\/em> <\/em><\/a>collected poems and Key of Mist<\/em> <\/em><\/a>the recently published Tesserae<\/em> <\/em><\/a>translations from Spanish poets Guadalupe Grande <\/a>and Carmen Crespo visit Aquillrelle.com\/Author Robin Ouzman Hislop <\/a>about author. See Robin performing his work Performance (University of Leeds)<\/a> <\/p>\n