Poetry from Ahmed Miqdad

Image with a variety of national flags as a border. Black text on a white background reads "Ahmed Miqdad Gaza Palestine Ambassador" and then there's a photo of Ahmed, a middle aged bald man with brown eyes and a plaid tee shirt.

Audacious Winter

Winter has just come back

Knocks the doors again

The walls have fallen 

And the doors are opened

No doorsteps or locks

Just a piece of cloth

Covers my humanity.

You’re so audacious guest

Enters without permission

Violates all the rules

And even the soft young leaves 

Turned to be brown and old.

Your clouds took the light of the day

And added the grey view in the surrounding.

To exacerbate my sadness and depression

They also took the heat of the sun

To make my children burn from the coldness inside a helpless tent.

Your water ran like a huge snake 

Sneaking to our shaky tent 

submerged my blankets and covers my heels

Where humanity fell under my feet.

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