Day: June 8, 2013

  • Coffee with Hafiz.

    Originally posted on love in a tiny room: I am in a love affair with Hafiz. His poems tickle my throat and turn the corners of my lips up. His words dance with my fingers as if I wrote them myself. I sit in the streets with the homeless If my alarm sings at 6:45 then I am out of…

  • “Arranged” Marriage

    Originally posted on Love, InshAllah: I am madly in love with a good man. Next week, I am going to marry another. I have cried more tears this year than I have cried in my entire life. I have been brought so low that I cannot see a way out. I no longer trust my own judgment, my own thoughts,…