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Tag: frustrations
{These Roots}
Where is home? A year ago I would’ve given the answer of a third culture kid. “It’s complicated” Home is never the place we currently reside. Anything outside of Sudan is temporary. Even when we’d […]
Tell Her
Artwork by Jeff Manning I’d tell her I miss her How when I’m in the presence of other mothers I melt soften gazing, devouring every minute detail, it’s not envy, it’s not sadness I’d just […]
Here I Am {لَبَّيْكَ}
Expectation My mother had planned to perform Umrah. We were so sure, her cancer in remission, that already one of her sisters had promised to buy her an abaya & that all of us would take […]
The Huntress {الصيّادة} Playbook
a huntress should ready her mind, body soul open all the shakras focus all the vibes and waves & energies of the universe as she sharpens her knives, strings her bow, and loads her shotgun […]
This Charming Man & This Charming Lady {Text}
This Charming man Knows how to treat a girl, forget the bumbling fools, the awkward, awkwardly wearing either too tight or too loose a buttoned down collared shirt, cant even look a girl straight in […]
This Charming Man* Live Performance
*Song title of The Smiths
{ lessالقيمة v. القيمة }
‘Silence gives answers’ – Rumi I’ve had this plan since I was 14. It seemed like a simple one; to go back and stay in Sudan. Not as a bride or old & wanting to […]
Her Mother’s Eyes
Her favorite thing, her favorite thing was looking into her mothers eyes, at how they crinkled at the sides, and just knowing that all was right That she could run, she could skip she could […]
The Picky Byra {Spinster}
The Picky Byra البايرة ال— I know what they’ve told you أعلم ما أخبروك You a wilted flower بأنك زهرة ذابلة Past its bloom تخطت زمن رونقها Your ovaries a wasted graveyard وبويضاتك أرض جرداء […]
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