we are not numbers

emerging writers from Palestine tell their stories and advocate for their human rights

City of zombies

My heart melts while waiting for change, for freedom.
Basman Derawi
  • Gaza Strip
  • Diaspora

 

Black smoke over Gaza

In the city of zombies,
we live with their guns
pressed to our heads.

In the city of zombies,
We lie dreamless on pillows,
except for nightmares.

The moon has left us.
We see only clouds.
Am I alive or dead?

My heart melts while waiting
for change, for freedom.
My body melts from the heat.

In the city of zombies,
I live in a cell.
I live in a hell,
and I am lost
among the rubble
of my destroyed land.

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