Personal Narrative

Places and Traces

  I am from a bright future that is guided by 

  the compassionate hands of God

From being the captain of my own destiny, 

and envisioning a long road of opportunities, knowledge, and experiences

From an honorable way of life led by traditional ethics and religious morals

I am from an Islamic faith generated by affection, harmony, 

and respect for one and all

I am from marching through the various obstacles of life with a head

aiming towards the sky

Boundless, extensive days dedicated to textbooks, homework, and studying

from dusk to daylight

Aspires of reaching the highest of places with the urge to discover the

deepest insights of life

  Cherished moments devoted to nourishing my desire of lending a sympathetic 

  hand to humanity

  I am from feeling the burden of a pessimistic human race rupturing my empathy

I am from the thunderous patriotic roars of a 

deprived nation

I am from a heritage that lies on a holy land 

that is occupied by the mercilessness of loathe

From ancestors who come from an extensively controversial history  

 From a divine motherland I wish to see someday  

I am from a beautiful disaster called Palestine

I am from the dream of having the power to heal inhabitants’ unidentified wounds

From worrying that someday my steady and hopeful presence will no longer be able to

obtain the weight of the world on my shoulders

From knowing the solution to every problem,

and the problem to every solution

From crying when finding no meaning to my presence

  I am from the influential embrace of the patient hands that created me 

  from everlasting love

From bothersome older brothers who refer to me as

“daddy’s and mommy’s little girl”

From bringing pride to the two souls that have nurtured

me throughout my existence

I am from an optimistic and unwavering smile that considers the 

prosperous expeditions to come

I am from the determined echoes of an assertive young woman

that can never be defined

From the laughter of a blissful twine of luminosity in each dull essence  

From departing the world with a ceaseless legacy engraved 

on the sands of time

Leaving behind an everlasting bequest after my passing

This is where I am from