Remembering...
This is a companion piece to my poem “First Love”. It is an ode to the potency of memory, no matter how brief a relationship is. As...
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A personal blog about a little bit of everything: motherhood, art, food, and life in the bountiful now
Poetry
asilhrashid
- Jun 8, 2021
To A Palestinian Child
One day, I will watch you playing in the olive groves And under the lemon trees. One day, I will watch you splashing in the sea, Laughing...
asilhrashid
- Dec 9, 2019
The Lie
The only weapon I have, The only revolution at my disposal Is to teach my daughter The exact opposite of everything I learnt growing up....
asilhrashid
- Dec 9, 2019
Road to Self
Someday, a man will marry you, Not because he loves you, But because he loves the trappings of you. This, however, is a good thing...
asilhrashid
- Dec 9, 2019
Forward...
I will endeavour to unlearn all that I have been taught By a diseased culture: Un-truths and half-truths Like synapses digging grooves in...
asilhrashid
- Dec 9, 2019
First Love
You walked into my garden much later in life. I didn’t expect that. After we’ve lived way past all our illusions And made peace with the...
asilhrashid
- Dec 9, 2019
To Noureen...
Noureen, Born with the sun inside your skin. You trailed light and shadow in your wake. I went under, water filled my lungs and I...
asilhrashid
- Dec 9, 2019
To My Younger Self
One day you will think, “I am a fuse in the centre of an armed camp.” One day you will feel like the panther in Rilke’s poem, Moving...
asilhrashid
- Dec 9, 2019
On Sudan
My land, my home, my African heart You gave me language, character. You straddled two worlds like a giant. Now you are still. They cut...
asilhrashid
- Dec 9, 2019
Underwater Dreams
Five steps from the shore, I dive and enter another world. A world defined by silence and riotous color. As my eyes and lungs adjust, I...
asilhrashid
- Dec 9, 2019
Forever...
Forever is the word we whisper to our children As they fall asleep to the sound of sonic booms. It is the only gift we can give them, a...
asilhrashid
- Dec 7, 2019
Faith
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