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Dear Gaza

A sonnet by Sara Elizabeth Joyce

By Sara Elizabeth JoycePublished 3 months ago Updated 3 months ago 1 min read
Photo Credit Mahmud HAMS/ AFP

To my dear friends I have never met

And probably never will ever meet

Because soon you will either be dead

Or I would have become too Ill to see

A sickness now controls humanity

It’s so obvious and plain to see

Yet so many cannot see what I see

Living in a bizarre dichotomy

Where the good and evil they perceive

Is skewered by a thirty second clip

That will be forgotten in a flash

before they finish their biscuits and tea

But I will hear your voices in my dreams

Calling out to me, pleading to be free

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About the Creator

Sara Elizabeth Joyce

Sara Elizabeth Joyce has lived many lives: from cyber security engineer to Senate candidate, from writer to filmmaker, resin artist to set builder. A cat-loving, lesbian trans woman, target shooter, and passionate advocate for the homeless.

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