drowning

Drowning By Umiemah Farrukh I know what it’s like to drown. It’s embedded in my mind clear as day I got shoved into the deep end by some kids at the pool I can still hear their laughter in my head,  reveling in their cruel, beautiful joke.  I remember the splash my body made as…

Underneath The Rubble

Underneath The Rubble by Umiemah Farrukh Underneath the rubble he cried out for his mother  Somewhere between this world and the hereafter Is where he’d find her next  Underneath the rubble a key, a dress, a wedding picture buried deep in the sand.  How was her life this easily swept away  when the earth decided…

Here We Are

Here We Are, Here We Stand Rather with duty than choice  To build an identity To which others may not conform    Through a sacrifice  In search of our paradise  With a small hope  That our actions will suffice  At the end of the day We are all criminals  In a world full of crime  Slicing…

Expensive Monotony

I wake up five minutes before class,no need to look nice,no one turns on their camera anyway,which is fine,because I went to collegeto have the same exact life from high school. same exact friendssame exact interestssame exact responsibilitiessame. exact. routine. I went to club meetingsbut I guess the lack of motivation is widespreadbecause there were…

Chrysalis

dark not entirely obsidian behind your eyes,splendid sweat drenched in moonlight and stars,mellifluous chirping of crickets,forty-five degrees they position their wings,the vibration reaches your earsinterwoven with the resonance of drums,a divine lullabywhich pounds on your mystic heart,aching for His forgiveness sapphire clouds, aerial as youin a cocoon of flowing cloth,you turn and turn, one with all of…