health

poetry by SamiraSeptember 30, 2026

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 […]

poetry by SamiraDecember 30, 2024December 30, 2024

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 […]

poetry by SamiraJanuary 29, 2022

Tired

Tired To my bones My pace Relentless My body Fatigued It is invisible So am I And that makes me all the more Tired.

poetry by SamiraJune 16, 2020

Cancer

Cancer I wrote down her diagnosis So I could learn it Control it Manipulate it somehow As though deleting it from the page Would release her I wrote down her diagnosis So I could memorize it So I could feel close to her Protect her Fix her I wrote down her diagnosis But the words […]

poetry by SamiraJanuary 9, 2019January 9, 2019

Face cream

My mom mixed me this fancy lotion She took all her face creams Her favorite ones Mixed them all up In a fancy jar And gave them to me That was two years ago I use it sparingly So it lasts forever Like I hope she lasts forever Because I cannot bear to think of […]