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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 SamiraSeptember 3, 2020September 3, 2020

I feel tired We all do So I don’t call you out For the way you dismissed me Or the way I hurt Because we all hurt We’re all tired So let it be Let it rest Give some grace And do your best I feel tired We all do We all do We all […]

poetry by SamiraJune 16, 2020

Dreaming

Dear Education, I was a kid And you told me to dream As long as it fit Your mold Your idea Your restraints I was a teen And you told me I could be anything As long as it fit Your framework Your ideals Your restraints I was a young adult And you told me […]

Uncategorized by SamiraOctober 7, 2019October 7, 2019

Unruly, messy love

Don’t get it twisted I yell it, because I mean it Your job is not to change To mold To morph Your job is to love Love because of Love in spite of Love even though You don’t understand You can’t stand A future different from the one You were promised By your mind’s eye […]

Uncategorized by SamiraAugust 27, 2019

Step On a Crack

Line after line in the sidewalk, That’s all I could see. Other kids would jump around, leap past me, bent over in my periphery Grabbing at roly polies. But not me, So careful was I, watching the lines. Watching the cracks in the pavement. Step on a crack break your mother’s back! All it took was to […]

Uncategorized by SamiraJanuary 27, 2019January 27, 2019

Late

How late is too late I wonder As the hours creep away My idle mind won’t play I cannot breathe when I think Of the gut punch of time passing It goes too fast I fail to make it last It is late Too late To be thinking of such things As the meaning of […]

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 […]

poetry by SamiraNovember 28, 2018November 28, 2018

On gratitude, in love

When you cry I cry When you laugh I laugh When you smile I feel light Without one We are not whole Without all Our hearts deprive So today Now Together We survive We thrive We are alive And I am most grateful for that.

poetry by SamiraOctober 13, 2018October 13, 2018

Love is all that remains

Reaching out for voices Who can listen to me scream Wails of fears unfinished Outcomes as mysteries remain With the sterile beep Of the answering machine I steel my voice And force a smile to my lips To hide away the pain “I called to say I love you” Because love is all that remains

poetry by SamiraSeptember 26, 2018September 26, 2018

Ring the Alarm

You are an alarmist You always have been You react Before you should You think before you reason Hopping quickly at each bite of news Your anecdotes make your data Your hyperbole eclipse your logic You are unmeticulous And haphazard And you will not be my undoing There are theories and there is practice Life […]