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It's something I love, but don't understand.
I recently read a book in verse.
I read it for the millionth time,
and it hits hard every single time.
And it didn't make me think too hard
at first.
it didn't make me sad,
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Who's telling the story?
From childhood
we're taught the difference
between heroes
and villains.
But maybe it
just depends
on who's telling the story.
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Maybe it will be
It is wrong for me
to want to hold you close
and tell you that it'll all be okay,
even if I have no way of knowing
if it will be?
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Loves
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Foreigner
I'm Kashmiri.
I understand the language but don't speak it
Which sometimes makes me feel like a fraud. -
To Spill Words from a Bruise
I’m learning that one letter
Can make all the difference;
One letter, or
The lack thereof
Could burn down a dream or
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Numbers and Statistics
Convinced that their democracy
Is the only democracyMy brethren fall heavily into the rubble
A reflection of my own clay,
A memory of our shared fire. -
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8:15 p.m. on a wednesday night
it is terrifying to read two hundred and fifty-year-old writing condemning the king's actions and realize the president (king) of your country is guilty of all of these
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