Stones and a Tour Guide
Stones, stones
Legends and a tour guide
Pain and suffering
Sadness, and a tour guide
Legendary history and a tour guide
How are you Jerusalem?
How are you Jerusalemites?
What about those stones?
Stones and a stolen history
Stones, pain and awakened sadness
Oh ye Jerusalem,
my back is broken
Dreams and nightmares,
I search and search and cannot find anything like you
So by Gods name this world is futile without you
I question are these stones what attracts us to you?
Mosques, synagogues, churches and holy tombs
Traditions and rituals celebrated on your streets and corners, right and left
From the Mount of Olive and Al- Aqsa Mosque
to the Road of Suffering which witnessed the shackles of injustice over the centuries
So why the yearning?
Oh ye stones,
Talk! What do you have?
Talk! Chat! Say something!
You play a sad flute and a hopeless violin
Oh ye stones,
You are holy;
Rich;
Stolen.
Talk to me!
Accompany me at night!
Befriend me!
Play with me!
Say something to me except about the occupation!
Talk about the destruction!
Talk! Talk! Talk!
Ask for help from Abraham , David, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad!
They all were your gatekeepers
Through the centuries they walked on these holy grounds and glorified it over the years
Oh ye stones,
If you were to talk,
you would say that I worship thee
So why do we love thee?
Is it for the mosques, synagogues and churches?
Is it for the holiness of every inch on your grounds?
Do stones become a spirit?
Do stones become a human, a god, or a high priest?
So why do we sanctify stones?
To the point of bloodshed?
Are these stones greater than God?
or greater than humanity?
I do not know
Stones and a tour guide
