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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

The People's Faith, a poem by Fatima Azeem

 The People's Faith

Perhaps memories don’t define a person

Maybe our authenticity lies in pain

We go from carving hearts to gutting out land

In the fire of man, no shadows are made

Under the moonlight, we sit on gold, wondering: who stays up during the nights of October? 

The stars, you would say

But they’re getting closer, aren’t they?

The light in the sky, indeed, gets closer, attempting to mesmerize

Yet the whistle speaks for itself

And heat is raining down to melt our hands, and her lover, and the farmer’s trees

Not the man in the suit

Not the old men who sleep in their clean blankets

Revealing the awaiting rubble at dawn

Yes, maybe blood is cheaper than oil

So while our roots rot into the soil, people will have nowhere to live but in the dirt of their land

Even if it means the flowers drink their blood

But our leaders are deaf, and justice is being left blind


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