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April 27th, 2020 Poetry/Micro-Fiction Challenge
You,
how do you
do it?
How do you supersede
the potential
of your dreams?
You,
you freedom snatcher,
where do you go
when things fall apart
and the world tilts
a bit too far,
with its inconceivable feats?
Do you betray
your courage
every day
or do you follow
your own dawn?
You,
you mellifluous rogue,
is it easy for you
to break each foundation
you touch?
Is it easy
to leap
off the heights
you bled to achieve?
Or are you mesmerized
by the flights
realized from
your own plumage?
You,
you hopeful gambler
that risks
everything
to create
out of nothing,
that risks everything to be
the artist
of your soul.
The Author
Navila Nahid is a writer and a published poet, currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. Her need for writing began young when putting pen to paper seemed more natural than going outside. Now, she writes and rewrites to capture the essence of her humanity and taking refuge within the words of her pieces. Her published words can be found in Spillwords Press, The Spectre Review Literary Magazine and Beyond Words Literary Magazine.
Navila Nahid, Brooklyn, NY