In her collection "Cactus," Bulgarian poet Patricia Nikolova refuses to remain silent in the face of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, challenging the pro-occupation political stance and the prevailing cultural silence in her country. For a full year, she dedicated her writing to documenting the pain and outrage over the killing of children and women, the destruction of mosques, schools, and hospitals, and the assassination of journalists and doctors—a bloody spectacle witnessed and ignored by the world. The collection is divided into two interwoven parts: war, and the overwhelming love capable of resisting cruelty and restoring the essence of humanity. Nikolova reveals her profound feelings and her belief that love, loyalty, and generosity alone can confront the blind violence and moral decay in a time of global moral collapse.