By Abdalla Mohanna (YES 2015–2016, Gaza, hosted by PAX in Camby, IN)

Referring to Pets with Human Pronouns

(A poem about my host family's dog)

He was full of joy like me when I fly

And as the months passed by,

I learned to love him like my little bro

Saying good bye was rough and tough

He was wagging his golden tail expecting me to come back once again, 

And here I am remembering him as the years pass by