Physics of the occupation

I dreamed yesterday that I had wings. I reached high. Suddenly I fell down then I woke up found myself on the ground fallen from my bed. The day before I dreamed the same dream.

I always been a science guy. A guy who loves science, physics and even the physics of art as well. I went to physical therapy collage and tried to understand the physics of the human body as well. I am also thankful for Wright brothers for making it physically possible to fly even without wings but as a Palestinian I don’t need only to fight the force of gravity to fly or live but also need to fight the physics of the occupation.

Even though the physics of the occupation is clear as reality, the major problem is the fact that those physics are destructive both physically and emotionally. They put an over load over my tissues and my soul as well. How can a man tolerate to live in cage with hardly permission to get in and out? To what extent I can adapt? Would adaption be a good solution for my health? How far I can live with no job, no home, and hazy future? With demons that come with no alarm, in a shape of assault, to eat a soul, a leg or a heart and leave a person amputated by leg and heart at the same time.

I woke up today having a new dream. Found myself again on the floor. I dreamed of Mr. Newton sat with me at the beach of Gaza holding his apple in his hand. We were talking about dreams and physics.

Mr. Newton: Can you imagine breaking gravity, the rules of physics and flying to the sky?

Me: To me it not just gravity, it needs to eliminate crossings, blockade and poverty to fly on earth. I need to break the physics of occupation.

Mr. Newton: But at least you can experience that in your dreams.

Me: They turned the light down in my dreams. I threw them in water where I believed there is no gravity but they were heavy and sunk in the sea.

Mr. newton smiled at me. Handed me his apple and disappeared. How a man can break the physics of an occupation? I know my mind goes behind the borders I forced to face but it’s dangerous at the same time. I understand I had better chances and blessings than a lot of people here but I am tired and bored and nothing kills like time do.

I went to the bathroom. Washed my face. Beside my bed I found an apple like the one in my dream. I looked at it. Carried it and smiled.

• adaptation
• borders
• cage
• dream
• Newton
• occupation
• physics
• wings