Poems from Halah
I wanted to be an astronaut.
Feeling weightless like angels and finally free,
Not bound by or to anything
I kept trying to find ways to...
Lightning breaks through the clouds
much like happiness can break through the darkness of one’s heart
It comes suddenly, sometimes...
take a picture, shoot your shot
add a filter because “you’re not hot”
another selfie, another day
scrolling, scrolling…
“oh that looks...
At what point must we lose our voices,
Reaching out to scream again?
We’re silenced.
We present ideas, so backwards, they thought, that...
tick, tock
tick, tock
silent nights, silent thoughts
but the thoughts are what keep me up at night,
regardless of any of my room’s bright...