Poetry heals

Afaq Mahmoud, read this poem at a PEN meet. The depth and form, of these lines, are a revelation of the healing potential of poetry. Love it. Will live it.

because when grief makes a home out of you,

you learn to make a home out of everything else.”

(H/T Samira)

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