Marina Malak
Creative writing
ENG 1141
November 25th, 2020
My Poems:
Anodyne:
I love my body
Every part tells a story
I love all the arteries and the organs in … Read More
Category: Poetry (Page 1 of 2)
Training wheels
I didn’t care about the scabs on my knees, I
just wanted those damn training wheels off.
No matter how many times I fell, no matter how much … Read More
Middle Child
Overshadowed by your own siblings,
Middle child’s are usually the ones to get less attention than others.
It’s a curse and a blessing at the same time
You … Read More
Who is she?
The root of the baobab
She is the one
The one who wakes up first and sleep last
She is the one
The one who cries when … Read More
Forever And Always
© Mercedes
You are the sun that shines brightly throughout my day.
You are the gravity that holds me down in every way.
You are the moon … Read More
Slowly Dying
Die slowly those who do not love passionately,
who don’t hear music,
who doesn’t laugh
Die slowly who destroys their self-love,
Who wants to live life in a … Read More
Rain
The gentle patting
On the roof top,
The rumbling behind the clouds
A cold breeze
Followed by
trinkling water
all seem to appear on
rainy days.
Diving in
Over … Read More
Shes the pinnacle of gods creation
She’s unlike anything I’ve ever seen.
I am blessed to have witnessed beauty’s incarnation,
a sight that would turn the bare desert green,
a … Read More
Self-Portrait
Most of my time is spent watching, listening
and thinking. In all of those actions I am wandering.
I live in a neighborhood where I grew up in but … Read More
This is my name
Because my mother named me after my grandmother
Even before I was born
I took another way to be known
I’m my grandma’s granddaughter
No! I’m … Read More
