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Cut the umbilical cord to abuse
I said you seem to love me only when I am capable. When I can give of myself and expect nothing in return. And when I’m quiet and attentive… When I smile and laugh just a bit. Not too much and decently not too loud. When I take little to no space… When I show […]
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Sol og stjernene
Vet ikke du at Solen aldri må gå ned for at stjernene skal komme opp? For stjernene har altid vært oppe…
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taken out of the Trashcan
So there is this person I did not care to listen to… I had watched for five minutes of an hour long interview of them and decided their opinion like them belong in the trashcan… Recently someone asked me: “So there is nothing they say that you agree with or even understand?” and I being […]
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“it takes people a lot… it takes people a very long time for people to learn very little…” James Baldwin, in conversation with Nikki Giovani “You can’t create something unless you are given, no matter how you get it, the belief, rage, madness, necessity out of yourself to do it!” James Baldwin
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Don’t know where…
In my mid 20es I thought I knew exactly where I was going in life… so certain about the path I had taken and my life choices. Today I know what I want to do, where that takes me will just be part of the journey.
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Did it help?
Did it make you feel good? hurting me? Did that bring you peace? I close my eyes and I see all of your faces … All shades of hurt…The effed-up parts of me just wanna know, did it help you? My Healed cracked flawed self, wishes you healing and keeps on moving…
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Will you ever move back?
I had a lovely conversation with someone recently … We talked about many things…Then they asked me if I ever would move back to Somalia…If I would have the peace and safety I have in my new home country, in my motherland, yes in a heartbeat I said.Even though part of the dream and hope […]
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Be my coffee cup
A lipstick mark on my cup…wish you were a cup of coffee … Always close to my lips giving me warmth and good feels…
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We got big feelings
As children you and I had Big feelings baby we had big feelings … We felt everything deeply… And took everything to the heart … Then teenage years came and we learned to hide our big feelings well… Even went numb … As a grown-up I am learning it’s OK to have big feelings … […]