By Saed, Gaza Strip, Palestine, August 21, 2026
Like a Horse That Threw Its Rider
Life runs on, alone, without me.
O life,
wait.
There is only a little left
in my cup of coffee.
The night is one,
the sorrow is one,
and I am many.
I bleed
at the edge of the years.
Slowly, slowly,
I dry.
I hide the yellowing of the grass
so the birds
will not notice.
There is still life in life
if only the heart would return
and fly again.
I see the sea,
I wander through an age gone by.
Who am I?
What is the meaning of a horse
without freedom?
What is the meaning of night
without its secrets?
And what does a river mean
when the idea of reaching
is gone?
About Christian Minus Christianity
Christian Minus Christianity is a budding community created to challenge imperialism, nationalism, and racism in many forms of US-American Christianity. It is a work of contextual theology created from the perspective of a white Christian of conscience.
“I do think it’s important to dismantle imperial Christianity in a form, and for the reign of God to liberate the oppressed and God’s entire creation from systems of supremacy, exploitation, and destruction. I also believe that every theologian and Christian are doing theology from their own context, wherever they are. All theologies are contextual.”
Dr. Yousef Kamal AlKhouri, Academic Dean of Bethlehem Bible College
