Tuesday, December 12

LIFE

Knives might eat
what remains of my ribs,
machines might smash
what remains of stones,
but life is coming,
for that is its way,
creating life even for us.

(Saleem Al-Naffar,
1963-2023,
killed last week with his family in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City,
translated by Muhammad Jihad Ismael)