we will journey
alone
until
you and they
join us

we will climb
the fires of the sky
we will scale
the darkness of the underworld

we shall not possess
earth to sit on
sea to wade in
there will be
only
the agony of kissing tears
the burnt boats
the beds of stone where we cannot love languidly

we will not stop
until
words can be spoken again
songs find the faith to be born
freedom is raised from its pit of cadavers

we will not stop
until
we reach
the rainbowland we promised our children

from Journey Through The Wilderness

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Moris Farhi is a writer. He was born in Ankara, Turkey, and has lived in London since the 1950s. He has written for television, film and the stage. His novels include Journey Through The Wilderness, Young Turk, and most recently, A Designated Man. Moris is a Vice President of International P.E.N.