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I had a dream yesterday.
A beautiful one.
A joyful dream.
Incomplete.
Faded in glee.
In pieces.
Six.
Or seven.
I woke up fast at dawn
To save you for another day
When you are not with me.
“Dreams will someday come true,”
I said, “Indeed they do.”
I had a dream today.
A beautiful one.
A joyful dream.
Incomplete.
Fading in glee.
In pieces.
Six.
Or seven.
“Dreams come true,” you said, “Maybe not here. Maybe not now.”
I woke up.
I just had a dream.
I woke up fast.
And cried aloud:
“I guess dreams may come true. Someday.
But not you.
Not you.”
The author in the back and his late friend Mohammed who was killed by the Israeli occupation army. “We were preparing a show about Shakespeare for Dr. Refaat—he said he would give us a bonus mark each. May he rest in peace.”
Khaled El-Hissy is Palestinian writer from Jabalia in the Gaza Strip and he is a student of Dr. Refaat Alareer.