I wish I can show you my face.
Show you the dark purple eye shadow I am wearing
Oh, not for an evening of fun out with the girls
It's from the sleepless nights I spend crying and praying on the memory of my dead sons little baby fingers
He is now with our father Ibrahim
I wish I can show you my face
Show you the bright red lipstick I put on
Oh, not for a romantic night out with my man
But from the blow a very courageous man who calls himself a soldier gave me with the edge of his rifle
I now smile with my dry lips, whenever I see kindness
I wish I can show you the shine of my glossy hair
Oh, not after using a dove haircare product
But from the greyness of youthful aging..induced by the stress of constant raining bombs and alertness
I now comb it lightly, and smile at the lights that I will have on the day when there will be no lights
I wish I can show you my pearl necklace
Oh, it wasn't a gift from a secret admirer
It was strung around my neck and tightened
When I tried to fight for my innocent husband in jail
I now smile secretly, thinking of joining him at his palace, the palace so vivid in my sleep, I smile so secretly, even i don't know I did, in my sleep
I wish I can show you my butterfly tattoo
Oh, it wasn't done at a parlour in Jersey
It was burnt into my skin with a cigarette when I was lost in the mall without my mommy, by a rich lady
My children now knows, Rich ladies are not mean, because their mother is not mean
I wish I can show you the world
that I live in
Not so that you can save me
But so that
I can save you.
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