I come from a place of empathy
where ears are made of patience,
drums sensitive to the change in wavelength,
de-weaving complexity
into simplicity.
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Abu Dhabi is
the echoes of the athan downtown
helpful strangers.
two little Egyptian girls chasing each other in laughter as their tired mother watches on.
love and loneliness.
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I may hate the question, “Where are you from?”
But I absolutely abhor the question, “Where are you really from?”
Read MoreMy curves, too stubborn, they just cannot hide! / My bones, too strong, they are just too wide!
Read MoreI ask questions of who I am, and Darwish answers, “I am multiple, within me a new exterior.” And so I try to understand.
Read MoreJust turn off the switch, / stand in front of a mirror, / and you will see / that you are already what you’re meant to be.
Read Morethe first time I realized I take up a little too much space / I am nine and a strange man asks me to turn into a shadow / what a gross thing to tell a little girl
Read MoreBut I learned every rose has its thorns, / and every body has its demons.
Read MoreMy self-love plummets
when you’re around
It blackens into sorrow / As the sad moon fades away
Read More“society has censored the shedding uterus.”
Read MoreI cut off the roots that anchor me to the ground.
Read Moreأسألُ نفسي: لكن إلى أين؟
Read More“Let your pain come to the surface. Allow it to breathe the air and see that it has no place within.”
Read More“My invisible middle finger is a flag of peace, only when you think I’m kidding.’
Read More“There are days I want to stop fighting until I remember that everybody wants to stop and that is why we keep breaking plates keep reading poetry keep burning candles.”
Read More“I knew that store by heart but your rush turned it into a maze.”
Read More“What souls it can mend!”
Read More“I can barely contain the air that i’m supposed to breathe. Tell me, is this how living is supposed to be?”
Read More“Sometimes, I wake up feeling like my eyes are laced with orange blossom.”
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