As I became reading through Naomi’s poetry, I came across a poem called “How long peace takes?” I feel that Naomi is trying to express that “peace” is literally taking to long, she uses references like “As long as the slow crawl of loosening paint” meaning for her and maybe for the Palestinians as well as Arabs, peace is like watching paint dry or paint slowly being to peel away it's layers. For example, I referenced the media in my first blog, and how the media has caused problems for the Palestinians. By the media causing these problems for the Palestinian people, they are finding it hard to find that inner peace as well as peace outside their homeland. Like I previously stated, not every Palestinian person is responsible for what happened on 9/11 but through this poem “How long peace takes”, it seems that they are still being blamed for what happened on that particular day, and still fighting for their rights. After reading through the poem that the Arabs as well as the Palestinians will always being searching for some type of peace, and it may take "as long" "and longer" to find it. As long as the fighting continues peace will be something that the people of Palestine may never see. Until Americans as well as other countries can find someway to resolve such issues that they may have with such people, peace and forgiveness is far, far away.
After reading this certain poem, I may or may not have understood if this what Naomi met by "how long peace takes" but I feel that she is trying to tell me that peace for her and family and friends is something they have been searching for, and will continue to look for until they have succeed.
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