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By AnonymSara Farizan
Because hate doesn't just touch the intended target, it spreads to every person who witnesses it.
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By AnonymSara Farizan
Does it go away?" she asks. "Missing each other?" I think about how much I missed Maman. I still do, though it isn´t as acute as it once was. "A little bit," I whisper. "Enough so that life continues. In a year you won´t even think about me. " She turns around in my arms and looks up at me, tugging at a strand of my hair. "don´t say stupid things, Sahar. You´re smarter than that.
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By AnonymSara Farizan
Everyone in my family always spares one another's feelings. It leaves little room for honesty.
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By AnonymSara Farizan
If someone pushes you, you push right back.
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By AnonymSara Farizan
I'm on the curvy side, which has somehow become a crime.
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By AnonymSara Farizan
It felt kind of good to scream. I wished it were socially acceptable to scream more often. Not in class or anything, but maybe there could be some roped-off area or campus designated for screaming your cares away.
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By AnonymSara Farizan
No. I don´t think it does go away. I know it won´t for me. I will keep busy. I will distract myself. I will eventually have days when I don´t have to remind myself to breathe. I know Nasrin will exist, maybe even be happy, and I will be okay. I ´ll bury my love, but it will never really go away.
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By AnonymSara Farizan
Sometimes the best things for us aren't necessarily the things we want.
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By AnonymSara Farizan
What is it?" Her interest piqued by the heavenly aroma. "Delicious," I said. I could have told her it was soup made up of parsley, spinach, dill, sautéed onions, thin noodles, chickpeas, kidney beans, dried yogurt, dried mint, garlic, oil, and salt, but why spoil the surprise?
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