WolfMacbeth on Nostr: "If my words could stop this I would create a rhythm Louder than the speed to too ...

"If my words could stop this
I would create a rhythm
Louder than the speed to too familiar
I would learn the lyrics to every freedom song
And write it on every building still standing in Gaza

If my words could stop this
If they could stand in the way
Of a bomb, a drone or a single bullet
I would lay them at the feet of every child in Gaza
I would offer them like prayer
Recite them over, and over, and over
Like the Holy Names of God
I would write them endlessly
Until all language breaks

But words can't stop this
So I offer you this silence and a poem
And tell you are not to worry
We are holding our ground
We are holding our ground
We are holding our ground
We are holding our ground

-Rafeef Ziadah

Art by Irina Naji