a song is muffled underthe weightof thousands of tons of sandunder the weightrocks breakand on the limestone, I laylistening to the night You cannot see your handsbefore you, but they are orange.stained from the dustthat coats the wild dog’s fur. you, small and skinny,misplaced your desert lover:vulpine and wily you found your wayhalfway across the … Continue reading Dunes
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Date Palms
watch her melt into the sand, her heart claims this land where date fruits taste like home
Aroma
it has become harder to breathe on this continent that is not my own, when I try to speak, all that comes out is the sweet perfume of small white stars jasmine vines encapsulate my lungs— it is not my space to grow here
Camouflage
midday sun melts like silk in thin limestone crevices squint between the folds of your kufiyah protect yourself from the sand, military presence hidden in desert hills destruction in the desert a warm breeze brings home the faint smell of gold
Salt
kneel where jesus was baptised by john, drink the weight of your sins and strip to elemental depths It is always silent in the sea of death, let the stale salt cake in your wounds, drink the water of the holy land heal your wounds between desert hills only to find you have been swallowing … Continue reading Salt
So Nadine Writes 