Luke Wilkinson is fundraising for Medical Aid For Palestinians Charity No. 1045315
£190
+ estimated £10
Started on 16th March 2025
Gwydir St, Cambridge CB1 2LL, UK
Please read this poem by Hiba Abu Nida, a young female Palestinian poet and teacher who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on her home in 20th October 2023.
Yesterday, a star said
to the little light in my heart,
We are not just transients
passing.
Do not die. Beneath this glow
some wanderers go on
walking.
You were first created out of love,
so carry nothing but love
to those who are trembling.
One day, all gardens sprouted
from our names, from what remained
of hearts yearning.
And since it came of age, this ancient language
has taught us how to heal others
with our longing,
how to be a heavenly scent
to relax their tightening lungs: a welcome sigh,
a gasp of oxygen.
Softly, we pass over wounds,
like purposeful gauze, a hint of relief,
an aspirin.
O little light in me, don’t die,
even if all the galaxies of the world
close in.
O little light in me, say:
Enter my heart in peace.
All of you, come in!
Please let us donate so we honour the memory of her words; so that we respect the resilience of Palestinians suffering grievous injuries; and we help find respite for their pain.