Location: Gaza, Palestine a week after the ceasefire Photograph: Duha Hasan

Duha’s Miracle Poem

Duha - Miracle Poem

Theme: Miracle Poem

I’m a miracle 

No 

I’m an owl, I stay awake at night,

I enjoy the quietness of an airstrike.

I’m a miracle 

No 

I’m an old nomad 

I love to evacuate every week or so 

To where

To the unknown 

I’m a miracle 

No 

I’m a socialite 

I love being imprisoned with forty or fifty people, 

Use the same restroom 

Have the same canned food.

I’m a miracle 

No 

I’m an ignorant 

By choice left school 

To the school of animosity

To learn the mercy from the unmerciful 

To learn love from haters

I’m a miracle 

No, I’m a liar 

I’m a victim

No, I’m a dreamer 

And cause I’m Gazan. 

I am a miracle.