I see possibility The vastness of choices and options That come with a decision A willingness To risk To change You remain glued to Your patterns and narratives Making my choices That much riskier and harder Not only between freedom and slavery But between Life and Family history identity community Between belonging As a vapid [...]
Athonai sifathai tiftah Ufee yagid emoonathai You abused me Without mercy Seized every opportunity To exert dominance and control I risked everything Dared To save my soul Put myself Above everything You put before me And taught me To bow down to And self sacrifice In worship I reconfigured my brain Devoted myself to Healing [...]
Wading through the sludge Of your insanity The heaviness and consequences Of your obtuseness Gravitation toward self-destruction Grabbing hold to pull me down with you In the twisted notion And obsession Of being my savior So that ultimately I have to release my hand And allow you to fall Into the jaws of the hungry [...]
Withdrawing from people Withdrawing from life Relinquishing both Responsibility and possibility I’ve been holding it all For you for me Rising above going beyond Repeatedly But I’m exhausted now Poignantly aware That I’m a foreigner In this stranger strange land Where people choose Sabotage And self-defeat Over devotion and discipline ©2018 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All [...]
I get off the ferry Turn right on 1st Ave Because it’s the easiest way To get to the south side Without taking the freeway I turn my head As I pass the stadium Know what’s coming Larger than life size Images of degraded women Flashing with bright lights And when the game gets out [...]
I invite you into my space Knowing you are a threat To my soul to my wellbeing You are so helpless As always ©2018 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this article may be copied without author’s permission.
What a disappointment To discover That despite every opportunity To rise to your greatest self You choose otherwise Until I realize That lower being Is in fact who you are ©2018 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this article may be copied without author’s permission.
Grappling with insanity Navigating between realities Wellspring of hope You will see things clearly I live in a limitless world In a world of limitations Repeatedly crashing up against The discrepancy between What is possible And what you choose to do ©2018 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this article may be [...]
You think I’m a malcontent I just see the complexities The criss-crossing layers All important all relevant All essential ingredients Without which It lacks depth integrity And resonance It takes too much energy To stay and educate persuade Awaken you So I retreat again To the mountaintop the cave The shadows Where I am alone [...]
There is no excuse For your level of ignorance In your position of leadership And yet it’s typical Standard routine And I am left in the position Of picking up the pieces And cleaning up your mess Repeatedly Answering your ignorant questions Asked in your ignorant ways Adding insult to injury Multiplying While I remain [...]
