malalai khan

i sail along the sea,
an endless pool of black.
the wind mouths elegies
for a ship that never sank.
i shudder, i breathe, i steer,
i dare not look back,
but waves come crashing like fear—
i close my eyes, consumed by the dark.

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had this one in the drafts for long. my younger sisters gave me the first line as a prompt to write a poem last year! ❤