Photo of a Palestinian boy peering through holes made by IOF bullets in a window in his home September 18, 2003 in the village of Zawaida, Gaza.
Through jagged mouths of bullets,
a childโs eyes peer out from the ruins of home.
Wide, dark, and ancient beyond his years,
they carry the weight of a sky that rains metal
and a land that refuses to stop breathing.
He does not flinch from the broken glass.
Instead he watches
the world fractured, yet still beautiful,
still his.
In those small, steady eyes
Gaza keeps her promise:
we see you,
we remember,
we remain.
โ Zara Zhar