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Top of the Rock

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A large orange full moon rising in a deep blue night sky

endless sea sparkling
twinkle of magic
that takes my breath away
i’ve always loved city lights

look, look
the orange moon
overlooking
thousands of buildings
some touch the night sky
glimpses of roads in between
and sprinkles of green
on rooftops
and on edges, squeezed
in between
overpopulation
city of dreams

dreams—
      or horrors unseen

Rafah right now
is ten times the density
of NYC

      can you see, can you see?

From the collection On Palestine

Sameera Hijazi has loved writing and poetry since she was a child. Born in the States and raised in the UK, her love of English literature has followed her throughout her life. Sameera is currently finishing up her final semester to get her Bachelor’s degree in English Languge and Literature and a minor in Creative Writing focused on Poetry at the University of Maryland, College Park. She also does copywriting for an Islamic nonprofit for a living, and hopes that her writing will be of great benefit to the Muslim Ummah and her path to Jannah.

1 Comment

  1. Sundus Reply

    The rhyming gives it this really cool flow, and i love how succinct it was but at the same time it makes me want to reread it so many times… the contrast is fast and jarring, and I feel like it really touches on the ‘parallel reality’ aspect of being outsiders to a genocide that many of us are living… subhanAllah. May Allah lift the horrors from our people and use us in that path.

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