"Waheeda" (which means "Lonely" in Arabic)

On the flat rooftop of an old Egyptian home,
surrounded by red bricks and silence,
a tiny kitten lay curled in the corner of the shade.
Her eyes were open—too early, too wide—
staring into a world that had already forgotten her.

Her mother disappeared two days ago.
No warmth, no milk,
just a fragile heartbeat and the will to keep going.

She had no name,
until a boy noticed her from afar…
He couldn’t save her,
but he gave her something more lasting—
a name: Waheeda.