The plates the earth is made of
Are the shaking quaking foundation
On which I rest my feet
What have I left to rely on? Continue reading
Category Archives: Mountain
Mountain by Hawra’a Khalfan
The first time the police drove me home I was eighteen years old. I couldn’t be at home anymore, I couldn’t breathe in that unswerving state. It didn’t matter how hard I inhaled, I was gasping empty breaths. I carried around a wrinkled old brown bag everywhere with me. I couldn’t even go to the bathroom without it. It was an extension to my being. The more wrinkled that bag got, the more I realized that this isn’t it for me. That’s when it all started. That’s when I realized I couldn’t live that life anymore. Continue reading
Mountain by Batool Hasan
Dried brown petals crunch as I tiptoe between mirror shards.
Sometimes it feels like I’m being pushed over the edge… Continue reading
Mountain by Shayma’a Ahmed
White, glorious frost; Continue reading
Mountain by Bader A. Shehab
It was a treacherous journey,
if I could recall,
the way it struck me,
was out of sheer mass and awe. Continue reading
Mountain by Osman Naeem
Cliffhanger Murphy had overcome all of life’s trivialities as a young boy. His father always told him there was nothing more fulfilling than reaching one’s peak. And so he sought out to conquer mountains, it was a purpose he gave to the rest of his life. The youngling used to climb into class through the window by the time he was fifteen. Continue reading
Mountain by Ahmed AlRasheed
They looked at me, like I was a prize, both males as I was told by my mother. She made certain I knew what I was going to see from this agonizing world; humans. That’s what she called these species, ugly, scary, disgusting humans. Continue reading
Mountain by Suha
It was the darkest hour of the night. After ensuring that everyone was fast asleep, I slipped out of the house. Slowly and cautiously, I walked out of my small neighborhood and entered the unkempt wilderness. It didn’t take me too long to reach the foot of the mountain, about half an hour. Continue reading
