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by Pitika Ntuli (Author)
Dedicated to the children of Gaza
who clutched crayons not weapons,
and hugged dolls as the walls collapsed.
May your laughter, silenced too soon,
echo louder than bombs.
You are not collateral.
You are constellations
buried beneath rubble,
waiting to be renamed
by a sky that still remembers you.
Lalela, Gaza - we carry you in bone
and breath.