My Crime

Appeared in Fikra Magazine, 21 March 2024

My crime 

By Khalil Sima'an


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. 


I echo and resonate

a resounding love song

filled with hope


in the hollow halls

of factories

of mass murder

weapons.