My Crime
Appeared in Fikra Magazine, 21 March 2024
My crime
I am a thistle
in the throat of a cannon
a blood clot
in the veins of invaders
a scribble on the margins
of a decrepit promise
an afterthought on discarded maps.
My crime is that I live
and keep on living, like
a resounding love song
filled with hope
in the hollow halls
of criminal factories
for weapons of mass murder.