The weight of the suffering world. #LittleAmal falls for a second time, caught by a lamppost as she rests and gathers herself before dragging the dead tree of MotherEarth towards those with power in their hands tonight.
Accompanied by those trying to turn away from the deeply wrong ways of living which are bringing death and profound loss to so many #LittleAmal struggles on; bewildered; disoriented and clearly reluctant to go back again into the #Cop26 Blue Zone and beg for mercy
Her journey from Syria in search of her mother has brought no resolution, just mourning, and now she weeps over the loss of a second Mother; Mother Earth and in despair; and with the anger of grief she walks on
At the border between the city and the UN designated zone she parts company with her companions in Glasgow and with a heavy heart, crosses this international border and leaves the rest of us behind
We stand watch as she walks into the distance along the side of the railway arches - like so many seeing family for the last time; like those on the border of Poland and Belerus. The fences poignant designators of who may and those who may not cross.
And the band play on - The grief of and for the world in the figure of a child refugee and the dead tree she is bound to carry into the heart of power.
Such a beautiful thing is mercy.
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