Words don’t break my bones
“I love you” “I miss you” Words rush out racing to meet someone something. No one. Nothing. (Found on the memo app on my phone, I think it was written in early 2011)
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I’ve been dreaming Of you - and me And all of us. Together again Like the people we used to be. Of remembering Tafseer Teachers And untidy triumphs In tangles of misogyny. Of reunions Terror Tempests And tidy trumpets In twists of fidelity. And me - Just me In my tattiest dress And I couldn’t care less. Still wet from a swim In a river I wish I was real My hair, Curly, Unruly Conspicuous Never mind the veil.
Read MoreWe too were once that girl
We too were once That girl With hope flowering in her heart as an embrace of possibility. We too were once That girl Doodling a name A thousand times over in the margins of the cash receipts journal. We too were once That girl With love on her lips ready to spring out in the bitter winter cold to smile into your eyes. We too were once That girl Who hoped and prayed and believed that life would be beautiful. Whatever in the world happened to her?
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