Be My Own

Poem

There is a light that I carry
For days when I am lost
For times I can’t see past
Traces of hopes that didn’t last

There is a will in my mind
To go somewhere higher
To break the barbed wire
For once I wish to aspire

And I will be my own guide
Carve my way through stone
Find companionship alone
I want to be the center of the cyclone

more by NOOR NIJJAR

photograph by Ana Gabriel