Multitudes

I contain multitudes I contain multitudesfrom the heart of Europeto North Africato the seashoresof the carribbean I descend from Kings and QueensI descend from WarriorsI live through my ancestorsand my ancestors live through metheir pain and their strengthflows through my veins I contain multitudesand follow themon the path of beauty And I get closer to … Weiterlesen Multitudes →

Uprooted

Like an uprooted treewhose roots point towards the skyburnt and scorched by the sun,barely alivetouching the earth and touching the sky,yet not at home in eithernot knowing how to breathe I grew up between the worldsin one that was not my own,and not knowing how my own waswandering as a strangerwhereever I would gotruly at … Weiterlesen Uprooted →

– but now

So many years agoYou told mehow much you disliked my long hairhappy when I lost it to diseaseknowing or not how much it meant to memore than just natural hairlike a spiritual love affairof resistance against assimilationspeaking of who I am So many years agowhen, without any pretentionI was drawnand just wanted to feel the … Weiterlesen – but now →