Nina Katungi offers a trilogy of poems that lay bare the devastation, despair and tragedy in Gaza. Set Us Free, Mourning and Take Me to the Heavens confront the pain of betrayal, the silence of inaction and the longing for freedom and peace—urging us to witness, reflect and reclaim the humanity we seem to have forgotten.
Take me to the heavens
Take me away
There is no life here
No humanity
I want to join the world
above the clouds
A place full of love
And children’s laughter
You don’t care about your
own
You don’t care about your
home
