mom

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

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 […]

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Disease

Author’s note: this was written while my beloved mother was in the depths of chemotherapy, a punishing treatment for a punishing disease. Her outlook, progress, and my own have come a long way since then, and we find ourselves in better spirits. Hope abounds as the journey continues, but any light, love, and healing energy […]

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