A memoir in progress, about living life in unruly bodies
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 […]
MoreShe 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 […]
MoreI 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 […]
MoreDon’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 […]
MoreMy 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 […]
MoreWhen 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.
MoreWe think we are untouchable It’s the way that we survive The things that ail our counterparts Will never cease the way we thrive We think we are entitled To laugh and joke all day Our belief we are untouchable Keeps all our fears at bay No one is untouchable Pain is always steps away Your guard falls […]
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