Salma

Salma Nov 2019

I was born transparent
You can see all my colors
Embroidered on my face
Written with bold body language

These days I am clearly blue in discomfort
My edges are yellow in distrust
And I can't hide any of it
When I sigh, my rib cage dusts grey

When you feel displaced, and all your surroundings lack a big amount of love, like a giant hole that nothing can fill.

Salma Oct 2019

Blood and Bones

One thing they say is impossible,
To give what you don't have
And baby, I'm doing the impossible with you
But some mornings, I wake up realizing I'm empty
And you come knocking at my door, with open hands
And I just can't give you blood and bones

Salma Sep 2019

Almost grey

The sun is snowing here
and the blue, is shades colder
Almost grey
Moving hurts, staying still is worse
Aching blue joints
Almost grey

Salma Sep 2019

Orphan

The aftermath of war
This unsettling urge to stop life,
To break things,
To run miles
with the agony and pain of a thousand
newly orphaned
premature children

Salma Aug 2019

Charcoal

It reminds me of when my heart burned and melted for
days and years
and no one saw
Now, it’s like calling the fire department to put out charcoal

#amazonforestfire #environment #pollution #carbonprint #nature

Salma Jul 2019

Lea's waist

Love is a different story. But this one, is about her waist.
On my right, she sat, wearing a pair of low-waist trousers, with a cotton t-shirt, short enough to reveal the skin, whenever she made the slightest movement.
Her waist was the rainy day, I so wanted to explore.
As if,
everything I ever wanted
was to kneel
and be on eye-level with her bellybutton
...

Salma Jul 2019

Empathy

To the existing but almost dead, and
To the deemed dead but secretly breathing

I feel you