afghanistan
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Generation of Immigrants
Ride with me to the fall of the skyFor a life without providence.I will leave here one day.I am from generations of immigrants. To Iran, Turkey, and America,Living in places around the globe.Again, man-made destructionsLive in my country, forever.Fixing this mess would take over decades.Kills me, the good memoriesOf my childhood in that country. Will… Continue reading
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A Society of Ashamed Women
A country that falls in the oneThat withholds its women,A society of gender-based critics,That never gets to important questions. The people of stone beating, the alive burningOf women did nothing but the death of innocent women,Manipulating the minds of many children to torture,The deceptive waves of humanity. If any, the women’s nature is the natural… Continue reading
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Take Our Souls Next
I can see the history that once seemed in the past is taking place again,Oppressors always took the land they desired;Now it’s happening to my house we built.I can’t believe how close I got to seeing this—I don’t know how the worst can happen after I said it can’t be any further away. That house… Continue reading
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Illusion of Seven Skies
Why can’t a dying star fall on the cloud’s shoulders Be buried in the depths of space’s fortunes Unlike war victims, can we notice them? The way about many starving children on earth- We don’t care one dirham. Can we beautify the dark skies in galaxies So later, can it be a roof for the… Continue reading
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Between Lines and Lands
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” -Constitution of the United States- First Amendment We are supposedly… Continue reading
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“How Dare She?”
What to be feared more Then a woke woman Then one who sees behind the circus curtains Then one who doesn’t follows blind the oppression She is dangerous to patriarchal culture A theath that refuses to worshipfully suffer How dare she speak with a mind of her own? Definitely her faith that is by the… Continue reading
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Bride Of Buried Dignity
There comes the small will of desire in pride With the pain of generational trauma as a bride The bride to a country of unlivables, buried underneath Of dignity that snatches women’s lives? died Continue reading
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Heaven Was Mandatory
“An essay and presentation due Friday, you choose the topic.” It took less than a minute, and all of a sudden I recall the dear a country ruled by thieves; kleptocracy and kakistocracy -government by the worst, and a system built on the rountin violation of human rights in my country. How can such a… Continue reading
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Phone call
…My phone rang… It was two of my dad side aunts behind the phone, people I hadn’t seen in five years now. It felt like they were placed in my subconscious. I could tell I knew them, but a feeling kept me from truly knowing them. I couldn’t hardly understand their accent. Their deep accent… Continue reading
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“…I’ve been away from home for 5 years now…”
“Liar-“ I learned about calling your country home in history class when many cartoons showed the US worrying more about civilizing other countries than “home”. Now it appears to me that I’ve never called my country home before this, but I missed our house where we lived in Afghanistan. Would that make me a patriot?… Continue reading
