The Wound In The Sand Poem by Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker Abdalla

Zamzam was bleeding a wound etched deep into the heart of the desert, where tents made of dust and weary dreams once held quiet hopes beneath the stars. We stood together, unyielding in our support for our community in Darfur standing with women who bore silent sorrow, with children who looked toward the horizon, waiting for brighter days. The night was filled with the sounds of terror, echoes of flames and crumbling homes, where lives that once danced with joy were ripped apart by merciless hands. O Darfur, patient land of sand and sorrow, your soil remembers every footprint, every identity, every story that violence tried to wipe away. But we spoke those stories aloud. We carried them in our hearts. We raised our voices like thunder against the looming shadow of fear. The massacres left their mark on Darfur. Blood once stained the sands of Zamzam. Yet the call for justice grew louder over the scarred ground. Even when the earth turned its back, the truth blazed like fire: a nation's dignity could never be buried, and the cry for life soared to the heavens loud as a storm, demanding an end to the killing.