I hold my face in my two hands,
and the rest of me falls apart.
and the rest of me falls apart.
So I hold my feet in my two hands,
and now I am on the floor.
Oh not this again,
me longing to fly.
Searching for wings,
I find torn flesh,
this too, ripped,
by two hands.
Nameless men, named men.
Even Maleficent
took lifetimes of loneliness,
to find her wings again.
© Shaista Tayabali
at DVerse Poets
image from Allure magazine
