Letter to a child in Gaza

I see you child

in the news

I feel the blood in your hair / ...

I smell the smoke of the treacherous bullets

I found hard to believe

The world doesn't see that you were dead

I read it in your eyes

home is far, and the road is dark

sleep now dreamless

wake free from fear

your name will be written with the most beautiful letters of Palestine's history pages.

Günsel Djemal Elüstün 27th July 2014 London