-anaweyak-

    -Olive Oil and thyme (Za’ater)-

It’s 12 O’clock midnight …

Qabatya, Palestinian Village in the West Bank

He awakes ..his wife is screaming .. ."Oh God ..I think It’s  time " she says…

He gets up quickly from his bed ..

"Oh ..God ..Oh ..God ..this is my first child" Sameh said

He get his wife to the car ..and they go to the small hospital in the village.

"It’s ok dear .. just take deep breaths" Sameh says to his wife.

"I think the condition is serious, we haven’t the proper equipment or devices to do what needs to be done, I’m sorry .." Dr. Ryad says "she must be moved to Jenin "  he continues.

  As he is gazing at her face, while they are in the ambulance on their way to Jenin .. Red Lights flashing all the way …

"Hope we will not run into any trouble here" The ambulance driver said.

It’s the Israeli "Checkpoint" or "Hajayz" in Arabic or "Mahsom" in Hebrew ..or the humiliating point or the murdering point or .. or ..

The Soldiers who were always listen to the music … raise his hand from his tank and said "Yalla …Layhk Habytah ..Go home .. The road is blocked " .

At that moment .. "You wake up dear .. Oh God ..Help us " Sameh said…

Sameh "What’s going on?! Why have we stopped?"

The driver says, "they said the road is blocked" ..

Sameh shout "what that’s suppose to mean? My wife is dying in here! "

He gets out the ambulance and walk towards the checkpoint ..

"One more step and you will be shot in the head!" The Soldiers Shout… Sameh shouts "My wife is dying, please!.

"I will not say it again. Back or you will be shot!" The Soldiers repeat…

The driver says  "Damn! Sameh ..Back up Sameh, what are you doing man, they will shoot  you!"  While the driver was saying those words … Sameh’s wife .. who was still conscious, trys to call at him, in a very weak voice .. .

The music was still playing …

The music, the soldiers and Sameh voices all get mixed together ..

Sameh’s screaming and begging …nothing .. will convince the soldiers He goes back to the ambulance with his wife ..

"Let us try to contact the "Red Cross" " the driver says. Sameh was holding his wife’s hand and saying to her .. "Do you remember this day? We have been dreaming about it dear. We will not let anybody spoil our dream !"

I wanna a pretty pretty  boy … just like his mother .. he smiles.

She smiles and tries to hide it while the pains continue to worsen. She was holding on his hand ever so tight ..

Sameh start to talk about ,the 1st time he saw her, while she was selling "Olive Oil and Thyme" in the market and how they fell in love ,and got married .. and she was smiling,  and she said to him, in a weak voice,  and she hardly said 2 words "Oil and thyme", she repeated that over and over and  her voice was getting weaker and weaker .. and he was crying hard and shouting "Oh God Oh God ..help us

observing ppl

frm burger shop

sit corner

sip coffee

see what i could see

full shopping bag

full of smile

jolly couple

left coffee half

left street behind

i have to find place

if i stay in crowed 

i feel more lonely

in a big city

in the night

among the ppl

walk away walk away walkaway

away….

i just hush my self to keep away from u

i still loving u

i still missing u

i realize