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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

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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poetry by Samira

Sameness on lock

We think our traumas Are the things That leave marks Big and violent We think our worlds Were fine The way they were Small and exclusive We think rebuilding Means fixing what was Going back to the what we know Familiar and comfortable What we don’t stop to think To realize Is our worlds The […]

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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 […]

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