Palm Sunday 2012 Cairo Egypt

Greeted by helicopters

They walked into the city

Palms waved in the wind

Silent allusions to what once was

A reminder of what might have been

A reminder of what has been

 

Greeted by the drums

Greeted by the hysterical, angry shouts and cries

They walked into the city

Palms bowed to the wind

Sunlight beating its hard and gentle wings

Against the poetry of memory

 

Greeted by tear gas, fumes and smoke

Hails of rubber bullets stomped on their memory

They walked into the city

Palms raised their branches and took the smoke

Shelter-providing sheathes torn to shreds

But standing still to protect

Those who walked into the city

Greeted by hope

Greeted by promise

They met their death and did not regret.

(by me, Ian Whitney Palm Sunday, April 1, 2012, Cairo, Egypt)

~ by debussytime on April 1, 2012.