Remember the mornings
Poem and animation, GIF, 2023
As we rise from another night's sleep, count the blessings of shelter, security, and safety.
Remember the mornings that they try to erase, that they hope we forget.
Remember the mornings without airstrikes, nightly raids, and neighbourhoods raised. Mornings without queues for fuel and flour and food. Mornings without family arrests and bulldozers sent to tear down another home.
Remember the mornings with swaying date palms, coffee, and Fairuz. Markets and traffic and children off to school.
Remember the mornings when dreams are shared over breakfast, not buried beneath rubble.
Remember all places of war, where mornings are bleeding into nights. Where missiles replace stars, bullets replace birdsong, fires replace sunrise.
Remember, become, educate, and share.
Humility. Gratitude. Compassion.