A Writer's Ruminations

"When my words were wheat
I was earth.
When my words were anger
I was storm.
When my words were rock
I was river.
When my words turned honey
Flies covered my lips."

— Mahmoud Darwish, “Words” (translated by Rana Kabbani)

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