qmunicreate #12: Rebellion

qmunicreate is an anthology of creative writing, short stories and poetry, from students at the University of Glasgow. Our twelfth … More

– What the principal of my elementary school meant in his report to my secondary school that I am a “trouble-maker”:

When I was 8 after coming home in tears from school for months, my mother had enough.

Body, why do you rebel against me Body, do not lie,

If I am the feather you are the wings If I am the kite you are the wind

Thousands of years, wars Another age with dominant laws Life, forgotten letters cease the attar of words.

I love you like broken glasses.

Dictatorships across North Africa and the Middle East have been rocked by the waves of revolution, coming under the catch-all … More