Akram

“She is alone.
And oh
how brilliantly she shines.”
― Nikita Gill, Wild Embers: Poems of Rebellion, Fire and Beauty

“You

And first,
before him
and before her
and before them
there was you.

Never forget that.”
― Nikita Gill, Your Soul is a River

“We are the blood
of the witches
you thought were dead.

We carry witchcraft in our bones
whilst magic still sings
inside out heads.

When the witch hunters
imprisoned out ancestors
when they tried to burn the magic away.

Someone should have
warned them
that magic cannot be tamed.

Because you cannot burn away
what has always
been aflame.”
― Nikita Gill

“Talking to people who are different from us can be radically transformative. It's the antidote to fear.”
― Kio Stark, When Strangers Meet: How People You Don't Know Can Transform You