another geography, another stretch, another gathering, another call, another re-call
we gather for Peshawar
we gather for Mpeketoni
we gather for Ferguson
we gather for Mandera
we gather for Gaza
we gather for the ungeographies of slow death, fast death, silent death, unseen death, unbearable death
we gather names, ages, faces, occupations, dreams,
we gather loss, desperation, anger,
we truncate
we gather in prayer
we gather in song
we gather in silence
we gather in defiance
we call and re-call, as each geography calls out to another, each death resounds in another, each loss echoes another
these are the echoes of loss
Peshawar
Mpeketoni
Mandera
Ferguson
Gaza