Poetry | She Rose Revolution

I Am Terrified Of Being Alone With My Thoughts

by Hebatallah Abdelhady

I feel isolated from reality. My intuition tells me that something is not right, I cannot quite put my finger on it, but it…

by Rhian Khaiyath

To the one who feels like giving up. Trust me, I know what it’s like. To always see the darkness, and forever struggling to…

by Barclay Ann Blankenship

When I was younger They told me, “You’d be so much prettier if you just lost some weight.” So, I carved at my thighs…

by Anita Kalyan

She drifts in the wind, like a wandering leaf, dancing in the autumn’s gold, She appears not to care, her eyes do gleam, defiant,…

by Shani Jay

I will not be chased from my magic. They won’t keep me from walking alone at night. From slipping out barefoot, bare-chested; and meeting…

by Shani Jay

There is beauty in your brokenness. In the fragile feeling of maybe falling to pieces, with one more poke or prod or punch. In…

by Shani Jay

I am the light that pours in through the windows as the sun rises at first dawn. And I am the aubergine silk glistening…

by Shani Jay

This garden used to be her favourite place of all. The way the blades of grass all stood neatly in line, touching shoulders. The…

by Shani Jay

she learned not to speak up, or shout out so they drowned her voice out with their roar but she has been doing some…

by Shani Jay

I am the woman I run to when my world turns inside, out. The woman I can count on to dry my salty tears,…