nejma

by Nayyirah Waheed

you touch. talk. are intimate with the sun. everyday. and do not perish.

i learned shukran. (thank you) first. shukran. (thank you) for this meal. shukran. (thank you) for making this for me. shukran. for everything. and in the midst of all of this. gratitude. la. (no) was lost. before. i ever found it. — the blunt force of gratitude

this book of thick stars. this book is yours.

i have a life to garden. a multiverse to wake from sleep. — giants