- Zeina Habib
“A Stillness Flew Past”
This poem was originally published on The Pittsburgher’s predecessor, The Dog Door Cultural.
a stillness flew past
although I cannot ask my mind to stay still as darkness begins
it trickles and turns, it prances around
unknowingly so lifts my feet off the ground
see ever so slowly as daytime ascends
and time grows to stillness,
let demons descend
my mind grows thicker with worry and thought
as guilt finds its meaning through memories forgot
relinquish all pleasure, relinquish thy name
relinquish the sword that thrusts through your veins
relinquish thy heart held heavy with fear
imagine the courage, that rush you may feel
imagine the daytime, it breaks and it soars
as time prances slowly
breaks open the door
a life lived unlived, by stories untold
a life lived relived, would open the door
as time prances slowly
and stillness recedes
as time grows so lonely
it echoes our fears ▲
Zeina Habib is a curious writer. She is Egyptian and is passionate about literature, anthropology and the human psyche. She has a degree in Finance and a minor in Anthropology from the American University in Cairo.