Inside the mind of an immigrant
Sometimes you have no idea what pain someone's carrying, or what baggage they're holding onto, or what demons they're trying to fight. Sometimes life brings you to a point where you're standing in front of the person you thought you knew, but in reality, they're someone completely different. It's disappointing and confusing because they weren't … Continue reading Destroyed by kindness
Another shooting ... 'Please don't be Muslim'the thought echoes in my mindthe man was white but Muslims in a mosque have died. For a moment there’s relief at least people won't blame hijabs and beardsat least when I walk down the street I won't be feared. But as the thought sinks in and I go … Continue reading Please don’t be Muslim!
Why you and why not me?Why? Because you have Eden flowing from the tips of your fingers and I have nothing but despair. You have the stars lightening your wayin a galaxy breeding with night and I have nothing but darkness. You have flowers blooming from all your wounds and I have nothing but bundles … Continue reading Why you and why not me?
Because I find myself thinking about you in the oddest of all times. You’ve left your mark on me, and its embedded so deep that sometimes I can feel it tug at my lips. I smile at the thought of you like a salve placed on a burning wound I didn’t know I had. You’re … Continue reading A page from my diary…
You know that awful feeling where you cry so much that you can’t seem to breathe, like the tiny molecules of oxygen are clogged in your throat, and no matter how hard you inhale you can’t get the air through your lungs. Your chest aches so bad that it feels like your insides are bleeding. … Continue reading Crying…
