I'm not ashamed...
I'm not ashamed to say that I'm hungry, sometimes I dream of eating my favorite meal but I taste nothing, and then I wake up and cry
I'm not ashamed to say I'm afraid of death, scared of airstrikes, shivering from the cold at night, and have nightmares every day
I'm not ashamed to say I'm getting sick all the time, my body is weak, skinny and my beauty is fading
I'm not ashamed to say I'm poor and homeless, my house was gone, and no future ahead
I'm not ashamed to say I don't have proper water to clean myself like I used to, and my hair is not soft anymore
I'm not ashamed to say that I don't have the least basic needs any girl should have in her life
But I'm ashamed of the people who look away and continue their lives like nothing is happening while we are being butchered and starved for the past 141 days in Gaza
Mariam from Gaza