I remember

[Anthea]

I remember sitting in a Kurdish restaurant with my 2 dear friends

One lovely man from Southern Kurdistan

The other lovely man from Northern Kurdistan

We talked at length - with the help of interpretors - about their backgrounds and their sadness and frustration at not being able to talk to each other - and at not being able to tell other people what was happening to the Kurdish people

In days gone by I knew many such lovely people

Many are now dead

R I P

THEIR STORIES - THEIR HOPES - THEIR DREAMS

are always with me