Looking together in the same direction.

Looking together in the same direction.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.

by my favorite poet, Mary Oliver

"Instructions for living a life.

Pay attention.

Be astonished.

Tell about it."

Mary Oliver


Monday, December 18, 2023

 This is the last poem shared by Alareer.

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 Gaza
while looking heaven in the eye
awaiting his dad who left in a blaze—
and bid no one farewell
not even to his flesh
not even to himself—
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up
above
and thinks for a moment an angel is there
bringing back love
If I must die
let it bring hope
let it be a tale.


https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/refaat-alareer-poet-gaza#:~:text=As%20if%20aware%20of%20the,Israeli%20airstrike%20in%20northern%20Gaza.


(daily ex. update, morning dog walk 2.4 miles, pm jog/walk 5.7 miles)

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