A tribute to Rachel Corrie

In loving memory of Rachel Corrie The Palestinian children are asking where did our Rachel go? Where did our real Spiderwoman go? Where did our real Superwoman go? Who is going to protect us now? There was no answer. Rachel, I have never met you before, I have never heard about you before But it is as though I have known you all my life, as though I went with you to school. That we used to hang out together. Rachel you have left your country, a thousand miles away. You traveled to a foreign land, dangerous land, to protect people unrelated to you. People, you realized, are just human beings like you. People who could not protect themselves. You died defending other innocent human beings. You died in line of duty ( a peace and a justice duty) You are a martyr of peace, What a noble way to leave this earth. Rachel, now that you are up there, do not think for a second that your job has ceased here on earth. You can still pray for the Palestinian children, that one day they may forget About Tanks, bomb shells, rubber bullets, snipers, explosions, demolitions of houses, heck points, and death, That one day they will go back to school, that one day they will not see the fear on their fathers eyes, on their mothers eyes, that one day they will stop considering suicide bombers, as their idols, that one day they will be like... the children in your home town, Olympia, that they can wake up on the morning and find breakfast ready on the kitchen table, a bole of cereal, may be a glass of orange juice, some water from the tap not from the well miles away, the school bus waiting, yes Rachel, the Palestinian children miss you and still need you, not only the Palestinian children who miss you, we all miss you The Palestinian children are proud of you, your parent are proud of you, we are proud of you, and this earth is grateful for the short time you spent here with us, always doing what you beleived was right. In the region you loved most, people do not cry when a martyr dies, rather they sing, your parent should also sing when they think of you. Fly in the sky, rest in peace, peace that you so much loved. Your fellow human being A. Amezzane