In a time when Gaza gave land to reside,
Food to sustain, and water to provide,
But in return, oppression, aggression, and woe,
Innocents suffer under relentless blow.
Bombardments echo, cities laid to waste,
Mosques, hospitals, schools erased with haste.
Electricity severed, water and aid restrained,
Gaza waits, unheard, in agony sustained.
Believers of Allah, fasting with stones pressed,
Echoing Prophet Muhammad’s peaceful quest.
Muslim leaders convene, yet peace eludes,
Truth’s flag few carry, amid paths diffused.
On Eid, while world celebrates with joy,
Gaza’s people cry out, no reason to employ.
Midnight prayers rise, seeking grace divine,
Yearning to end this dark, relentless line.
O people of Palestine, brave and true,
May strength and faith carry you through.
For Allah’s promise, justice will prevail,
Oppression’s end, truth’s light will unveil.
The hour draws near, when peace shall come,
When justice reigns, and hearts beat as one.
In Gaza’s hopes, in prayers of night,
Faith will guide, toward freedom’s height.
Poem by:”Ishfaq Ahmad Najar, author of ‘Silent Tears and Bleeding Sighs’ and ‘A Light of Love and the World of Alchemy’, holds a BA in Economics from Cluster University Srinagar.“