Category: Poetry
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Dear Bosnia
I did not expect to feel so much love, pain, but ultimately, connection, when visiting Bosnia. In just 6 days, we explored so many places: Sarajevo, Travnik, Srebrenica, Mount Igman and Mount Trebević, to name a few. I could write an entire essay on my time there… and actually, I might, but for now, here’s…
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Children of the Heavens
Sweet little darlings, as your bodies are burnt and crushed and trampled and dismembered and abused and starved and buried under mountains of rubble and dust, your pure, bright souls stay untouched by the evils of this world, this world that is not meant for you, no your home is in the heavens. O sweet…
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Canvas
I painted my own canvas, filled it with glossy radiant hues. I covered the darkness, and smothered the ugly truths. But when the time came to show off my final piece, no one cared for the foolish fakery or dire arsonist deceit. ‘Wait, I’m truth, I’m telling you please! Don’t leave me here – all…
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Dear Unborn
Oh, I can’t wait For the time when your baby hands are finally able to explore my face, to see the curiosity in your gaze For the time when you start to toddle about, figuring out how to use those chubby little legs For when you begin to babble and coo – for you to…
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LittleMissZen 