Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air Quotes

“I haven't seen you in a while,
but today I was told you prayed for me.

And I prayed for the olive oil
when it slipped
from your hands
onto my scalp,
aching strands of hair
in the drought of being without you.”
― Mariam Dogar, Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air

“you give up on trying to make it perfect
on trying to weave each strand seamlessly into the next

you can’t braid layered hair without the fringes sticking out”
― Ayse Guvenilir, Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air

“never forgetting to
return to that place
in time, holding the
hands of his own kind

This is Where
The Story of You
Began”
― Afeefah Khazi-Syed, Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air

“If I memorialize a moment before it is over
Are you already gone?”
― Mariam Dogar, Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air