for Shireen Abu Akleh and every journalist thereafter
What voice.
What presence.
What bravery.
What risk.
What sound.
What weapon.
What helmet.
What eyes.
What ears.
What target.
What hole.
What vest.
What blue.
What red.
What stillness.
What screams.
What loss.
What disbelief.
What grief.
What funeral.
What grief.
What distance.
What grief.
What mourners.
What grief.
What audacity.
What grief.
What clashes.
What grief.
What investigation.
What grief.
What justice.
What grief.
What inconclusiveness.
What grief.
What cycle.
What grief.
What eternal, eternal grief.



