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  • Ranna Subhanцитирует2 года назад
    to not be safe on the earth.

    simply

    because

    of the color of your skin.

    how does a being survive this.
  • Ranna Subhanцитирует2 года назад
    was

    i

    who held you

    when

    you

    wanted

    someone else.

    –– treason
  • Ranna Subhanцитирует2 года назад
    you.

    not wanting me.

    was

    the beginning of me

    wanting myself.

    thank you.
  • Ranna Subhanцитирует2 года назад
    knowing your worth

    can save your life
  • .цитирует2 года назад
    you say

    ‘you are such a ‘good writer’ for a woman of color.’

    i hear

    ‘you have a better command of the english language than i
    do.

    my bitterness is wild salt in my blood

    causing

    my organs to crush and weep

    and

    this is the sound of my pain.’

    –– translation | white noise
  • .цитирует2 года назад
    your skin

    smells

    like light.

    i think you are

    the

    moon.
  • .цитирует2 года назад
    i lost a whole continent.

    a whole continent from my memory.

    unlike all other hyphenated americans

    my hyphen is made of blood. feces. bone.

    when africa says hello

    my mouth is a heartbreak

    because i have nothing in my tongue

    to answer her.

    i do not know how to say hello to my mother.

    –– african american ii
  • .цитирует2 года назад
    i am a child of three countries.

    the water.

    the heat.

    the words.
  • .цитирует2 года назад
    she asked

    ‘you are in love

    what does love look like’

    to which i replied

    ‘like everything i’ve ever lost

    come back to me.’
  • .цитирует2 года назад
    i knew you

    before

    i met you.

    i’ve known you my whole life.

    –– nafsi
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