all the lovers - 10/11/23

Transnational Feminism
Written By Amelia Mohammed

Art by Amelia M., Trinidad and Tobago

A collection of poems because it is all I can do. A critique of Israel’s occupation of Palestine and the genocide of the Palestinian people by Israel’s Defense Force. A reflection of how terribly we have failed the Palestinian people and how little control we had over that. A commentary of how the world has to watch helplessly as thousands of people are slaughtered. A collection of poems because it is all I can do.

all the lovers - 10/11/23

All the lovers are dead in Gaza.

I was made with the heart of a poet and so,

all I know to write

Is of love and flowers,

gentle touch and betrayal.

But all the lovers are dead in Gaza

and the flowers tore themselves out of the bloody dirt,

fled to South,

and none of the poetic things will come about.

There will be no moving on and finding new love,

there can't be any seeing their children in the future and crying bittersweet tears,

there won't be gentle touch and passionate kisses,

and the lovers can't cross one another,

can't betray and can't forgive one another,

because,

all the lovers are dead in Gaza,

one half,

or the other.


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Amelia Mohammed

My name is Amelia Mohammed. I'm from Trinidad and Tobago. I make art, poetry and music as a freelancer and mostly for the idealistic purpose of expressing how important and beautiful I think all the little parts of life are. It is my hope that my work portrays this sentiment.

I think life is a very difficult thing to live. I think poetry and art is how we sometimes face and feel those difficulties. In the same breath, I think art reminds us to love what we have in our hands, to love the things too small or distant to notice but, working ever in our favour.

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