
Location: Gaza, Palestine a week after the ceasefire Photograph: Duha Hasan
Poem Themed: Miracle Poems
Hend - Miracle Poem
Theme: Miracle Poem
I’m Hend,
A daughter of sun and moon,
A granddaughter of a golden name,
A lifeline who still holds the flame,
A genocide witness,
Still wanting to love, live, and flee.
Survived death many times,
Still chase dreams tirelessly,
Tries to be entirely free,
Pave the future that I aim to be.
Yet, I’m twenty,
In times of adversity,
I rise,
A miracle, united by atrocity