“Speaking of lives, I’m giving you the rest of mine”.
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“i dive deeper and my lungs protest / but i go because i want to escape / you more than i want to think”.
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A poem on the loss of one’s grandmother, and the thoughts that come after.
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A collection of poems written and illustrated by Mawadah.
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“Butterflies dancing around my head / Memories, that’s all they are”.
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On sadness, its multi-facets, and tying it with oneself.
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“Stay, for all that is inside you.”
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“but I’m touch / starved, like / stray cats / street dogs / ramadan sundowns”.
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A piece on time in all its complexities.
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“But only temperance and fortitude / Now exist to hold desires accountable / To a world wrapped in primrose lenses / So vastly removed from the dying-”.
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“For I am the culmination/ of the books I’ve held and read,/ the people that I’ve known,/ and the stories that I’ve said.”
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“‘I know the creator of rainbows,’ he whispered.”
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“daydreaming is fuel/ unity is nothing”.
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A poem about life and dreams.
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“if I stood before myself,/ if there was someone just like me./ I wonder what I’d say,/ and I wonder where I’d be.”
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“For you are part of my soul,/ my one and only eternal company./ Yet, you and me/ not only,/ but many before us/ the same hope,/ the same fear.”
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“But in my dreams/ I see the fight for acceptance/ Grow to encompass my entirety/ Instead of marginalization making me.”
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A love letter to my best friend.
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.”اقطع تذكرة/ أو اثنتين/ أو فقط/ كُنْ”
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A poem about dissolving relationships.
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