"When the sky appears gray
and I see a flower suddenly grew
from the cracks of a wall,
I do not say: the sky is gray
but contemplate the flower
...and say to it: What a beautiful day!"
--Mahmoud Darwish
( thanks to my facebook friends Fayeq Oweis for the Mahmoud Darwish quote & Thameen Darby for the Palestinian poppy in bloom)
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