Embrace...

... yourself...

Writer and professor Refaat Alareer was killed in an Israeli airstrike December 6, along with his brother, his brother's son, his sister and her three children. 

After his death his poem "If I Must Die" was shared widely. 

Today his eldest daughter Shaimaa and his grandchild got killed. 

If I must die

If I must die, 
you must live 
to tell my story 
to sell my things 
to buy a piece of cloth 
and some strings, 
(make it white with a long tail) 
so that a child, somewhere in Gaza 
while looking heaven in the eye 
awaiting his dad who left in a blaze— 
and bid no one farewell 
not even to his flesh 
not even to himself— 
sees the kite, my kite you made, flying up above 
and thinks for a moment an angel is there 
bringing back love 
If I must die 
let it bring hope 
let it be a tale

#CeasefireNow #NotATarget