Olive Branch

Olive Branch by Syed Rumman

You were mistaken since the day you thought it was my weakness,
Rather I gave you the chance to rethink,
Rethink to return me the shadow of my olive tree—
But, you showered me with the inglorious century!

You thought you owned my olive branch;
Oh dear! You forgot—the garden still says my name; belongs to me! 
I am the life of all the lifeless!

You are repeatedly mistaken—I have just shown you what you only could visualise;

The sun I gave you still rises from here, 
The days you see are gifts of my wishes;

Remember—oh forgotten boys—you had never had the name until I gave it!

You are immersed in lies; your pathways are anchored in falsehood. 
Your endless enmity named you as a vampire bat.

The lives you are taking are given away by us—in the name of truth; 
They will revive in strength—
Our numbers are countless in sands! 

Our one becomes the millions going beyond the land!

Today, listen to the whisper until I scream—
Olive colour lies in my every drop of blood; 
My one earthquake will be your last breath.

Therefore, I say —
"Today
I come to you bearing an olive branch in one hand,
And
A freedom fighter's gun in another. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. 
I repeat! Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand."

Olive Branch 

Syed Rumman

21 July 2014
London

(Late Yasser Arafat, the leader of PLO, addressed the United Nations General Assembly for the first time on 13 November 1974. His speech is known as " The Olive Branch Speech of Arafat" in the pages of history regardless of any controversies.

"Today I come to you bearing an olive branch in one hand and a freedom fighter's gun in another. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. I repeat: do not let the olive branch fall from my hand."