Those Four Ghosts

Hovering Haunting Above blacktop Phasing through Everything They shift In and out of being Hoods representative of shields And displacing Blinking Far reaching Between two times Every other second Pauses And we can walk While others stop Teleporting every Two moments Ten feet forward Talking to each other Unaware of the stakes Or that othersContinue reading “Those Four Ghosts”

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Ziraleet

What a good Arab boy might do In Jordan Is perhaps go to university Of some prestige Might decide to join The army, and excel in it He might even go so far As to be introduced into The special forces Why the clans speak Of a good Arab boy Who will do as heContinue reading “Ziraleet”

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Hope

A fringe of dyed emerald Hair peeks out From behind your hijab Shy smile white teeth Your wrapping a deep ocean blue With distant glittery suns Woven in it Smokey nebulae surround A grin worth galaxies Poetry class peer Advanced Writing workshopper Award winner Yet some split ends Were showing And I pointed Them outContinue reading “Hope”

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Hijabi

Hijabi Energy drinks and cigarettes Are the things that Make your body tick No matter how bitter Or bad Or strange No matter Malignant In your veins We’ve all got our engines Different chemicals We get our fuel from Nicotine and taurine Monsters and Malboro Coursing through quite thoroughly In pipes of arteries Spreading throughContinue reading “Hijabi”

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