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