Monday, March 9, 2026

James Baldwin: Every Bombed Village Is My Hometown


 And every dead child is my child.
Every grieving mother is my mother.
Every crying father is my father.
Every home turned to rubble is the
home I grew up in.
Every brother carrying the remains of his
brother across borders is my brother.
Every sister waiting for a sister who will
never come home is my sister.
Every one of these people are ours,
Just like we are theirs.
We belong to them and
they belong to us.

James Baldwin

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