On This Earth There Is That Which

And What I Don't Understand I Grasp It Only When It's Too Late.

Sometimes I Feel As If I Am Read Before I Write. When I Write A Poem About My Mother, Palestinians Think My Mother Is A Symbol For Palestine. But I Write As A Poet, And My Mother Is My Mother. She's Not A Symbol.

I See Poetry As Spiritual Medicine.

Far Away, Our Dreams Have Nothing To Do With What We Do. The Wind Carries The Night, And Passes On, Aimless.

She Does Not Love You. Your Metaphors Thrill Her You Are Her Poet. But That's All There's To It.