we are not numbers

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

Unzip my skin

Unzip my skin. Do you see a reason to kill me?

 

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Unzip my skin
        and see my color is not a sin.
Unzip my skin,
        and you will see your DNA.
Unzip my skin.
       Do you see a reason to kill me?
I am just a breath;
       my soul is a breath from God.
To know me well,
      watch my lungs fill from the bottom.
To know yourself well,
      let your brain expand as you breathe.
We are all the breath of God,
      and breathing is how we live.
Unzip my skin,
      and you will see yourself breathing.

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