The Personal Toll of Displacement

The poet expresses the profound emotional pain of living in the U.S. while his family remains in Gaza amidst ongoing violence. He describes the heartbreaking reality of being unable to help loved ones, feeling trapped in a foreign land while witnessing tragedies unfold back home. The loss of family members and friends due to airstrikes deeply impacts his psyche, with specific accounts of neighbors and relatives becoming victims of the violence. This dual existence of experiencing success in his poetry career while grappling with grief illustrates the severe emotional turmoil faced by those in exile.