First, I travelled with eyes closed I dreamt of setting a tiny bird free from its cage The bird hopped out, nibbled on fallen grain, grew bigger, taller, as I watched I was nearly...

The way this story ends is I end up in Barcelona, wondering how I can learn Spanish in 10 days, looking around this sunny seaside city in awe that somehow, my little unassuming...

He’s back home and I don’t know what to tell him I never know what to tell him anymore Nothing I say helps Nothing I do makes a difference I look at the baby in the corner...

Even though you are only meeting him for the first time, within the first few minutes, he makes you feel like you two have known each other forever When your Uber pulls to a stop...

- I - She could not remember the exact moment she forgot her name, or what time it was, what she was doing, what she was thinking But she was sure she was running or thinking of...

“Basquiat would approve” “What” “The hair” “You like” “No It is pretentious as fuck” “I am sorry, what” “But it is Basquiat’s...

The faces started to blur after a while Why remember them Each one was the same, yet different, yet the same; wanting something they thought she could give, for something silly...

At dawn, she drags herself from the bed, leaving the sheets ruffled into a heap in the center, walks out of the small room and finds herself at the back of the house She picks up...

I Other people die and stay dead Others leave and never come back But not Farah, my younger brother, who left one day and only came back after he was dead At first, I thought I...

The boat drifted on the endless sea, lugging the twelve remaining passengers Seven men Four women And a child, seemingly asleep in its mother’s arms The sea had carried them for...

Nothing makes you think about where else you want to live quite like an election No one leaves home unless / home is the mouth of a shark You only run for the border / when you...

The phone rang Mama picked Three minutes after 'hello' she was still listening "Thank you," she finally said She then went to her bedroom and came out shortly wearing her...