Day 537

In memory of Hossam Shabat, assassinated March 24, 2025

Do not stop telling our story:
his last report, final
plea to us: Never
stop.  His body pulled out
of the exploded car, streaked
with his blood.  Bathed
in his own blood.  Never stop!
This is who we are.  This
is how we lived.  These
were the forces
that shaped us, carried us.
There were the names
of our children, our villages.
Tell the story! tell every story
there is, each person
a universe, each child
a crossroads of stories.
We live as long
as the stories are told.
Like a river we continue, the current
strong, now slower, now
strong again.  But never stopping.