Of Sand and Shards
The world walks in iron boots across porcelain. We still say “democracy” with crumb-laced mouths — as if it were fresh bread, though it’s stale, crumbling, forgotten at the bottom of the basket. Gaza burns beyond the grasp of time, and empathy seems to have melted alongside it. On television, the dead are blurred — as if dignity were copyrighted. Trump speaks. Netanyahu acts. People bleed. Populism is a curtainless theater, where applause precedes the monologue and enemies are sculpted from fear. Each leader a caricature: fists raised, promises ablaze, truth hammered into slogans. “We will rebuild!” they shout. But … Continue reading Of Sand and Shards