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A Mother’s Plea

A Sky-ku for Gaza

By Oneg In The ArcticPublished about a year ago 1 min read
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Every day I pray

To the rockets that rain down

Please don’t hit my child

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Oneg In The Arctic

A queer storyteller and poet of arctic adventures, good food, identity, mental health, and more.

Co-founder of Queer Vocal Voices

Water is Life ✊

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  • Marilyn Gloverabout a year ago

    Emotional and nice take on the challenge!

  • A. Lenaeabout a year ago

    Utterly unnamable. The sharp truth in this that slices deep is who the mother prays to - not to God but to the rockets. Such a horror to live through, and you put words to that horror effectively.

  • Grz Colmabout a year ago

    Absolutely! 😔

  • This was so heartbreaking and tragic 😭😭😭😭😭

  • Linda Rivenbarkabout a year ago

    Heart rending expression of the tragedy of Gaza.

  • ᔕᗩᗰ ᕼᗩᖇTYabout a year ago

    oh my... poignant.

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