Peace Process

we are told to come to the table
no chair, no utensils, no napkin
designated for us

we are told of a feast
but we are not eating
have not tasted flesh
only crumbs that fell
as the biscuits
were gorged

we are told that after dinner
we will tango, but our ankles
have been shackled
and we have no room to move

we are told
that we will meet a broker
but this dinner party is full
only friends remain
and we have been culled
as festive game

- from Before the next Bomb by Remi Kanazi 2015

The Prophet by Khalil Gibran, exerpts from section titled "On Freedom"

And if it is a despot you would dethrone, see first that this throne erected within you is destroyed. For how can a tyrant rule the free and proud, but for a tyranny in their own freedom and a shame in their own pride?

And if it is a fear you would dispel, the seat of that fear is in your heart and not in the hand of the feared.


haggadah Section: -- Exodus Story