The Song of Becoming

“But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggle for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.” - Paulo Coelho

The first nine lines of the poem was all about the childhood of men and women who continuously fought for freedom. It was during childhood that dreams were created. It was during these times that the hunger and thirst for knowledge began, to know more about the recent events happening around them. After the author had acquainted us with their experiences during childhood, she began to shift to the crisis that had undergone, especially during the Israeli occupation.

The children who once pretended to be great heroes in history were about to become one. Men and women began to stand on their feet. Indeed, the rest of the poem were all about the transformation of a peacuful child into a mature individuals. Mature enough to strive for their own rights and struggle for the oppressed people. Mature enough to stand firmly on what they believed in, may it be God or Allah, even if death awaits them. In fact, the last few lines of the poem were all about death. It was all about how these people defended what they believed in, how the death of thousand people made us aware of their determination to be treated fair and having a nation that they can call their own.