If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that... See more
BisexualPunchPartyreddit.com[poem] If I must die by Refaat Alareer
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If I must die,
you must live
to tell my story
to sell my things
to buy a piece of cloth
and some strings,
(make it white with a long tail)
so that a child, somewhere in Gasa
while looking heaven in... See more
instagram.comThis poem is a villanelle by the Welsh poet, Dylan Thomas (1914-1953). The poem was written in 1947, and is a kind of clarion call for a defiant spirit in the face of death. I first heard the poem in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ (2014), in which it serves as a powerful symbol for the strength of humanity, its willingness to survive and endure... See more
coffee_with_keatsinstagram.comThe End and the Beginning
By Wisława Szymborska
After every war
someone has to clean up.
Things won’t
straighten themselves up, after all.
Someone has to push the rubble
to the side of the road,
so the corpse-filled wagons
can pass.
Someone has to get mired
in scum and ashes,
sofa springs,
splintered glass,
and bloody rags.
Someone has to drag in a girder
to prop
... See moreIf I must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale.
Mohammed El-Kurd on the Dehumanization of Palestinians, the Legacy of Refaat Alareer & More
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.