Inkling 2023 - Flipbook - Page 25
Girl
by Morouje Sherif
do mangoes smell like?); here’s for lost
time; here’s for if something happens
and we disappear; here’s for all the good
bread you’ve never tried; here’s for the
Canadian winter; here’s for going to school
in Canadian winters; how to stay alive
and cope; here’s how to make friends;
here’s how to say assalamualaikum
to people you don’t know; here’s how
to say warahmatullahi wabarakatuh;
here’s how to teach the white kids to
say assalamualaikum warahmatullahi
wabarakatuh; how to be a model minority;
how to carry your entire country on your
shoulders; here’s how to laugh; here’s how
to laugh politely; how to laugh to be loved;
don’t complain, you’ll ruin your image;
here’s how to be good enough; here’s how
to be good enough for your teachers; good
enough for your friends, family, strangers;
here’s how to get into university on full
scholarship; here’s how to make it at life;
here’s how to be better; here’s how to
show them that you’re better than they
thought you were; but how can I show
them that?; then, you’ll know.
Morouje is a
runner-up in the
Poetry category
for this year’s Teen
Writing Contest.
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