On Stolen Land

Ruqayyah Ali
7 min readJun 3, 2024
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A poem — sort of

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When they take a breath,

It’s on stolen land.

When I try to breathe,

I can barely fill my lungs.

And when I do,

I choke on flumes.

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Ruqayyah Ali

Writer | Bookworm | Editor | Polymath | Free Palestine | Writing's your voice, reading's your choice | 'For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.'~ Qur'an 94:5