DAUGHTER OF SUAD SHATTA

Did they have time

to name you,

daughter of Suad Shatta,

born from the womb

of your dead mother

after Israel

bombed your family home

and killed her,

born for a life

that was counted in hours

until you died,

until you died too,

daughter of Suad Shatta.

Did they have time

to name you,

was anyone left

to name you,

or to remember

the name

your mother had chosen

for you, daughter

of Suad Shatta?

In midst of genocide

lives counted in hours

can go unnamed

as they go unnoticed

to so many

in this blighted world

we made for you,

daughter of Suad Shatta.

31.07.2025

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