It is going well, we are driving fast
away from where the bombs fall
Fatima's hand sways move move
We are many
stronger than the rules
We break through them
to a rich country, not a monastery
although we will live slowly, but
we bring our own rules
We want to work, take time
to learn and get married
to have a future
and to give it
to our parents
who did not believe in it
Poem 2270 Amsterdam, 2019-06-16 Hamsa = five, the amulet "hand of Fatima", originally "hand of Inanna" (Sumer, 5000 BC), then "hand of Ishtar" (Akkad, 2300 BC); Jews used the hand against the evil eye Collection:Migration Keyword:Migration