JUST THE PAIN

 JUST THE PAIN OF IT

Just the pain of being a foreigner

Made me a writer

Just the pain of being an immigrant

Made me a writer

Just the pain of being alone

Made me a writer

Just the pain of not being part of my culture

Made e a writer

Just the pain f never seeing my parents

Made me a writer

Just the pain of exclusion

Made me a writer

Just the pain of ridicule

Made me a writer

Just the pain of being an outsider

Made ne a writer

Just the pain of history

Made ne a writer

Just the pain of knowledge of that history

Made me a writer

Just the pain of my insignificance

Made e a writer

Just the pain of loss of life

Made me a writer

Just the pain of truth

Made me a writer

Just the pain of me telling the truth abruptly

Made me a writer

Just the pain of Palestine

Made e a writer

Oh! GAZA, you made me a writer

Just the pain of so many children of GAZA

Made me a writer...

Now I am a writer...

I was a children doctor before

Now the murder of children

Oh! so many children

So many children

Made me a writer....