IBRAHIM HONJO

Palestine

Palestine
your dream is torn apart by grenades
your dream is cut with bayonets
your riots are restless
they smell of smoke, gunpowder and blood
your days are howls, cries and tears

Palestine
world peacekeepers for decades
they write peace resolutions
they tell empty stories

the creators of war are deaf and dumb
their greed is getting stronger and stronger
your hell is built in decades
your neighbor has tight own skin
he wants yours to dress too

your neighbor is a fighter against the Holocaust
but he is destroying, burning, all that is yours
it kills women, children, the elderly
erase the trace of your people
who wants to live in peace and freedom
on their land

Palestine,
I know how heavy occupier boot is
and to defend freedom and peace with the heart
they taught me
to answer a stone with a stone
and love to love
there is no third

Palestine
I know my poem won't help you
it is a sign that you are not alone
I am with you
I march with your brigades in my mind
I wish you freedom, peace and prosperity

IBRAHIM HONJO is a Canadian/Bosnian poet-writer, who writes in Bosnian, and English language. He has worked as an economist, journalist, editor, marketing director, and property manager. He is currently retired and resides in Vancouver, BC. Honjo is author 24 published books in Bosnian Language, (7 books in English, 3 books bilingually (in English and Bosnian language). In addition, 4 joints’ books of poems published with Serbian poets. His poems have been represented in more than 60 world anthologies. Some of Honjo’s poems have been translated into Italian, Spanish, Korean, Polish, Slovenian, Bahasa (Malaysia), Mongolian, Turkmen, Turkish, Russian, Bengali, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Tajik, Vietnamese, Chinese, and German. He received several prizes for his poetry.