I am grappling with just so many things this semester. I think the biggest one, right now, the biggest mountain I am staring at and trying to figure out how to cross is Failure. There. I have named it and now I am one step closer to conquering it, which seems paradoxical, and perhaps, it … Continue reading prose// facing Failure
Month: March 2018
prose// transit, travel, & The Next Big Thing
Here I am, riding on the train back to school from my parents’ home. I realize I spend an awful lot of time in transit. One city to the other, one building to the other, one class to the other. From the room to the laundry room back up the stairs again. I walk. Often. … Continue reading prose// transit, travel, & The Next Big Thing
poetry// daybreak
what is fajr to the modern Muslim? The crack of dawn and the breath of a cold and weary room exchange a tender kiss and I am a witness. This bed is warm and sleep is too and it is so nice to be numb in this world of pain. What does it mean to be … Continue reading poetry// daybreak