Mary and Paradise two women, one end, one city

She was a good friend of my mother
They had been through tough times together
They helped each other out
She had tried so hard
He could not stay with her
So she went back to him
She had been low
Tears shared over the phone
They spoke just the day before
I cannot go back she said
And in the end she didn’t

She died
It was sudden
She was buried
In Amman

We had only known her briefly
Then she returned to “sort things out”
She couldn’t live there
He couldn’t live here
She called to say
She was coming back
Wait for me she said
And we did
She never came
The calls unanswered
The messages unreturned
Two months would pass
Without a word
And then a message

She had died
It was sudden
She was buried
In Amman

They left behind
Friends
Stunned and
Silent

They left behind
Questions
With no answers

Amman is a dangerous place
For a woman
Even when she is with her man
POSTED BY 3EERAQIMEDIC AT 19:01 0 COMMENTS