She does not love you. Your metaphors thrill her you are her poet. But that's all there's to it.
I never wanted children, maybe I'm afraid of responsibility.
Palestinian people are in love with life.
Where can I free myself of the homeland in my body?
I believe in the power of poetry, which gives me reasons to look ahead and identify a glint of light.
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.