politics

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 […]

poetry by SamiraJune 5, 2020June 5, 2020

I let you…

I let you lead me to think it was me That I was crazy Gaslit Aflame

poetry by SamiraOctober 21, 2019

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]