sallykhader

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sallykhader
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Writing poetry is a practice, a discipline to help keep my heart and mind open. It’s also a form of prayer and meditation at times. I write poetry to be understood, first and foremost by myself. For me, writing poetry is about naming my scattered emotions that live like blind crustaceans in the deep-sea part of me.

  July 2022     1 year ago

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Hold Ever So Proudly


Burdens and traumas hold me so proudly,
Accompanied by the emptiness of staying, feeling but not realizing the stealing of peace.
Screaming but I feel speechless: grab me I am drowning.
Feeling my heart pounding,
I hold you so proudly.
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by Sally Khader

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