Other Words for Home

by Jasmine Warga

if only for a second that everything is going to be okay, that someday soon we’ll all be together again.

Be brave, be brave, be brave echoes like a chorus in my head as I climb the stairs and enter my brand-new world.

I cover my head like other strong respected women have done before me, like Malala Yousafzai like Kariman Abuljadayel like my mama.