Poetry

Barry Stock photo

By

Merima Trako

Wish

step out!

pray!

god sees the light

awaken senses

do you feel?

today is the day

waves crash

crumbling nights

when you wished for paper

and pen

writing your destiny

one letter at a time

talking was easy

you sat at the lunch table

he looked at you

and you desired something

covered in weeds

did not understand

what swirling tornado

formed on your flat chest

pray!

god sees you

sees trees outside your window

sees your curly hair

your painful pimples

your sock-stuffed bra

you pray!

he grants you

the ticket out of awkwardness

train to the city

where lights are brighter than

night covered dreams

you dreamt

that morning

when a shot

granted you everything

you ever wanted

except for god

Merima Trako

A Bosnian immigrant and a former refugee, Merima has been writing poetry and prose for over twenty years. She arrived in America to study engineering and mathematics in the late nineties. Nowadays while working and raising a family, she’s been finding her voice through writing. Her poetry contains images of her varied experiences and reactions to current events. Her words offer acceptance that society sometimes withholds.