Ray

“I still feel that poetry is not medicine — it's an X-ray. It helps you see the wound and understand it.”
― Dunya Mikhail

“If the world were flat,
like a flying carpet,
our sorrow would have a beginning and an end.

If the world were square,
we'd lie low in a corner
whenever the war plays hide and seek.

If the world were round,
our dreams would take turns on the Ferris wheel, and we'd all be equal.”
― Dunya Mikhail, The Iraqi Nights

“There was so much he wanted to say, but was unable to think past the syllables of her name that filled him like some delicate music.”
― Simon Van Booy, Everything Beautiful Began After

“Somewhere across the city, among the thousands of thumping hearts, was the one he wanted.”
― Simon Van Booy, Everything Beautiful Began After