Paranoia
written by: Hend Hamed Ezzeldin
And the world smells of rottenness,
Filth, and death.
Hope has flown on the wings of a hawk
Who has just fed on a newly-born bird.
I hear her tweets;
Imploring the hawk to let her go,
But the hawk doesn’t feel, doesn’t care,
He has been accustomed to brutality,
To injustice, to loss.
Silent, silenced, numb.
I see him devour her.
Silent, silenced, numb.
Her cries penetrate my skull.
Silent, silenced, numb.
She dies.
I am the hawk.
Dr. Hend Hamed is an assistant professor of English at Ain Shams University, Egypt and currently teaches at Arab Open University, Kuwait. She published many academic journals and presented at various international platforms. Her poem 'The One in the Mirror' was recently published in an international anthology.
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