The sky is black like ink while my face dips in and out of the waves, my hand stretching out in front of me, searching for another hand— I find none. My heart is suspended in the middle of the ocean— lub, dub, lub, dub— and the beat is consumed by the blue. Water floods inside me— my ears are rushed and hear nothing— but my insides are still stained. My fingers reach under my skin— I rub and I rub and I rub— unclean, unclean, unclean. The enormity of life cascades— the sunlight begins to fade— I’m swimming away from myself.
malalai khan
poetry & thought
malalai khan 
Dare to disturb the universe?