Hear Our Voices 2021
I held back tears then, afraid to ruin lunch with my mom. Writing this now, the ever growing lump in my throat throbs with her histories and sorrows and tragedies retold so ordinarily, a series of maybe-miscarriages waiting to happen. Even now, I feel myself holding back tears, afraid of ruining this memory.
l left the man and left my past
Nobody was beside me
Nobody was with me
I started walking on my path alone
— Nothing Couldn’t Stop My Voice, Popy Chowdhury (click to read the full piece)
The truth is, it’s a long journey to get there but because you dare to believe, to have faith, there is unexpected beauty for you to behold. If you dare to keep your eyes open and heart, there is another you that you will want to behold.
— Thrivership, Latoya Belnavis (click to read the full piece)
Why could they have been flowers you may ask,
You see, Flowers in itself are beauty to behold,
but when they could have been flowers the half has not been told.
— They could have been flowers, Latoya Belnavis (click to read the full piece)
Be
like the sun
Fill
yourself with your light
and
by nature
it will
radiate
to those around you
— You Come First, Shifa Kapadwala (click to read the full piece)
Have you
met
the people
who think
they can
play God?
There is need
For each of our experiences
There is a demand
For each of us to show up
as our true selves
The way we were created to be
— A Word to Women, Shifa Kapadwala (click to read the full piece)