poetry by Samira

You built

This whole beautiful world For us to live in Play in Grow in And now We see As you fight for it How capacious And stunning The world you gave us Could possibly be Thank you Babajoon But we hope you know In all this splendor And beauty You are the most precious Gift of […]

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poetry by Samira

Sneakers in a plastic bag

Today I opened Instagram Saw explosions first Scrolling by Afraid My family is beneath the rubble On the other side Of that bomb I can’t look Because  What I find Will prove Once and for all The fear I always had That in leaving that land In search of freedom Without realizing In our assimilation […]

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poetry by Samira

Night Run

Ever since  They cut my head open Drilled through my skull Explored and excavated Where my tumor grew I stopped crying But only From my right eye Maybe the nerves they cut  Just a little too close to As though they flew  Too close To what was my sun My eyes Squinting in the light […]

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poetry by Samira

North Star

She was A guiding light An ocean apart Yet hearts linked She built in all of us Brick by brick Her joy Her courage Her confidence Her smile She was our north star Her light Her laughter Her song Her spirit  Guiding us Holding us Remembering us When they say shirezan  Lioness They mean you […]

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poetry by Samira

Seen

He came to my office Sat in my chair Told me he loved me He was proud to be there My Dad is my hero One of the best So I’ll keep that memory Tied tight to my chest

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I wish for you

That when the bullies came for you You held the line And stepped into the power That the shewolves that came before you Granted you In your skin Your hair The texture of your flesh And that the only reason to ever look back from that line you held, was to see how far you’ve […]

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I google your name

I google your name When I miss you So lost For contact You’re so alive In the still frames The profiles Of hope Promise and future I google your name When I miss you Like I’ll stumble on news That the goodbye was a mistake That you’ll be back next week You’re so alive In […]

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poetry by Samira

Forever mine

I miss you I’ve been missing you I had hope you’d come back That the anger would thaw That we’d get to hug And I’d hear you say “hey” In the way that you did Even when deep in pain And we’d started to walk Quietly back Toward each other Though gently So you wouldn’t […]

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