<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Occupied Palestine | فلسطين]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[occupiedpalestine]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://occupiedpalestine.wordpress.com/author/hajarhajar/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[I want to tell a&nbsp;Story&#8230;.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><strong>I want to tell the world a story&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>about a home with a broken lantern and a burned doll,</strong></p>
<p><strong>about a picnic that wasn&#8217;t enjoyed,</strong></p>
<p><strong>about an axe that killed the flowers;</strong></p>
<p><strong>A story about a fire that consumed a plait,</strong></p>
<p><strong>a story about a tear that didn&#8217;t run down&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>I want to tell a story about a goat that wasn&#8217;t milked,</strong></p>
<p><strong>about a mothers dough that wasn&#8217;t baked,</strong></p>
<p><strong>about a wedding that wasn&#8217;t celebrated,</strong></p>
<p><strong>and a baby girl that didn&#8217;t grow up&#8230;..</strong></p>
<p><strong>about a football that wasn&#8217;t kicked,</strong></p>
<p><strong>about a dove that didn&#8217;t fly.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I want to tell a story about a key that wasn&#8217;t used,</strong></p>
<p><strong>about a classroom that wasn&#8217;t attended,</strong></p>
<p><strong>about a book that wasn&#8217;t read,</strong></p>
<p><strong>about a playground that was silent.</strong></p>
<p><strong>About a besieged and lonely farm and</strong></p>
<p><strong>about its fruits that were not picked,</strong></p>
<p><strong>about a lie that wasn&#8217;t discovered.</strong></p>
<p><strong>A story about a masjid that&#8217;s no longer prayed in,</strong></p>
<p><strong>about a mosque that no longer stands,</strong></p>
<p><strong>and a culture no longer rejoiced.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I want to tell a story about a muddy, grassy roof,</strong></p>
<p><strong>about a stone that faced a tank,</strong></p>
<p><strong>about a stubborn flag that refuses to lie down,</strong></p>
<p><strong>about a spirit that cannot be defeated;</strong></p>
<p><strong>I want to tell the world a story.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Now&#8230; light a candle for Palestine&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>you can do it, light a candle, one little candle;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Watch the darkness fade away,</strong></p>
<p><strong>just try it&#8230;.</strong></p>
<p><strong>one ray of light wipes away the gloomiest night&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>As dawn breaks just observe&#8230;.</strong></p>
<p><strong>can you see that all the darkness of the world</strong></p>
<p><strong>cannot extinguish the faintest flicker of a beam of light.?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Light a candle&#8230; one little candle,</strong></p>
<p><strong>watch the darkness fade away&#8230; you can do it&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Hey&#8230;.. WORLD.. did you hear me..?</strong></p></blockquote>
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<div>~ By my dear Sister <a href="http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=210163875666562" target="_blank">Angel Falasteen</a> (May Allah swt bless you. Ameen)</div>
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