mercy

Artwork: Photograph by aldaalsaahmed (@ahmedaldaalsa), Gaza, 2024

Words of a woman fleeing for safety in Gaza—

we are not animals
we are not numbers
we are human beings
we are people
we love peace
we love life
we love to educate our children
we raised teachers, engineers
particle physicists
and all other walks of life
our history has been erased
our past has been erased
our present has been erased
and our future has been erased
and whatever life we have lived
has been erased
show us mercy!