Amir Sulaiman

“To write poetry, like sincere poetry, it is like performing heart surgery on yourself without anesthesia…in public…You are peeling back layers. You are dissecting yourself…You do not know what they [the audience] is going to do when you reach into yourself and rip out your organs to be displayed”
― Amir Sulaiman

“I gained your love
then lost my mind.
what a bargain.

I love you impossibly
loving you,
my heart is holding more than it can
loving you,
is making me more than I am
your beauty is more than what my soul can bear

When I am dying of thirst
you are water

When I am drowning to death
you are breath

I love you impossibly
I love you impossibly
I'd trade my limbs to hold you
I'd trade my eyes to see you”
― Amir Sulaiman