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A m a l
(n.) hope.
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dear world
let me tell you
that it is
the most
heartbreaking thing
when you realise
that evil's most
painful form
is silence
and ignorance
at the cost
of innocent lives
that can't be
brought back.
—
M a y
2 0 2 1
—
here is what
they don't tell you
about Palestine
how
children
are more accustomed to the
red blood
on their hands
than paint
how
women
wrap their hijabs
tighter on their
heads
because
they want their bodies
to be found
covered
how men
wait for their
turn
to open the door
and find a gun pointed straight
at them
here is what
they don't tell you
about Palestine
how the elderly
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Meraki
Poetryplease treat this book gently because it is here that i allow my deepest most sacred parts of my heart to run loose.