I wrestled through another restless sleep last night and so around 1 am I decided to listen to my library of podcasts, a diligent sequence of world to tech, news, opinion. I had grown restless squandering time, staring aimlessly at white walls and tilted windows.
As I listened to their words dissolving softly in air, I published what I had just learnt (notes on my Substack, stories on my Instagram) And as often the case these days my IGβs feed percolated my blood so I proceeded to scold the internet for a stretch of time until I grew weary of my own words and sentiment. Opting instead to change my perspective as I flipped direction laying both pillow and head at the foot of the bed, eventually coaxing my tired frame back to sleep until I heard the reel of rhyming words actively play in my mind a couple of hours later.
Their melody eventually cracked through my sleepy haze as I hastened myself to a conscious state, one capable of catching their transmission. But alas I had drifted too long and was only able to retain a few final sounds. So I mostly crafted anew, underlying tempo flowing obvious with rage, intermittent tears escaping quietly.
And so today, I write not only for ΩΩΨ³Ψ·ΩΩ, but for Sudan (I think of you May) and the Native Americans too (I think of you David)
Aid, abate, destructive hate,
Underneath, pseudo state,
Captivate, capsulate,
Concentrate, annihilate,
Confiscate, it all away,
How much pain? and how long for?
There you go, there you are,
Aid, abate, great stateβs hate,
Helped each time, you never said,
A word of us, a word for us,
So donβt you dare, debate, dictate,
Ask if we condemn them them for,
Fighting back to liberate,
Babies, children, you let burn,
Bullets, bombs and phosphorus π
Israel at first denied it was using white phosphorus in Gaza but, facing mounting evidence to the contrary, said that it was using all weapons in compliance with international law. Later it announced an internal investigation into possible improper white phosphorus use.
Madness cycles, feasts just fine,
Falsify, new sorcery,
Evil, white, supremacy,
Killed before, kills again,
Stole before, steals again,
Circular, aligned intent,
Round & round, manipulate,
Hum content, simulate,
Hum, Hum, Hum, the melody,
Master, slave, supremacy,
Need to feed, worship greed
But amidst this flood of accounts of murder, looting and mutilation, one rumor took on extraordinary proportions: 40 decapitated babies were allegedly found in the Kfar Aza kibbutz, one of the communities most impacted by the attack. This story, and its variants, went viral like never before, going as far as being mentioned by the White House. However, in the horror of this massacre, in which 38 minors including two infants were killed, there were never 40 decapitated babies. Not in Kfar Aza nor in any other kibbutz, the Israeli government press office confirmed to Le Monde.
It's unbelievable this has gone on for so long. When will it end? Thanks for posting, Najwan. I wish there was more I could do...
I am grieving with you. I have no more words, only tears. Let those tears be a balsam in the horror we are experiencing. Let those tears bring awareness to end this horror. Let the beauty in your words and your soul shine on the peace we all want. Let peace in your heart. Inshallah ποΈ