Writing

Earth Day & Pain, two poems by Azrin

Home Feels Like (group piece)

My home means for me like I feel safe in my home. But sometimes it feels scary but that doesn’t matter because it’s still safe in your home.

What you feel when you wake up and eat breakfast with your family.

Home is somewhere where you relax, eat, do everything at your home. Home alone and you can do anything but sometimes it’s kinda scary, it feels good.

Home is the place where I can be myself, without putting on a performance. Home is a city where all the places have memories. Home smells like my mom’s onion soup.

Home feel like home 
home feel like home 
home feel like home 
home feel like home
 home feel like home
home feel like home
 home feel like home
home feel like home


Home feel like you’re in heaven and home smells like rose

At home you can stay with your family


Home is New Haven

Home is where I feel comfortable and I act like I wanna act. I don’t have to always watch what I’m saying and I don't need to be professional kinda like people outside of the house. It’s also a place where I feel supported. That’s just home like the house home. Home is also the only thing that deserves your fight for it--the only thing that deserves you fighting with someone is your home.

What Are You Dreaming For?

by Tasneem

I may be young, and I may come from a small country, but that will never stop me from dreaming big dreams. People might not see the potential in me because I come from Syria that is unknown to people. To be honest, I don’t know anything about the wars there--except that I was a young child, 2, 2 and a half years old. Of course when I think about Syria I think about the war--about the soldiers telling us to hide when we went out to do the laundry-- but other things I remember were when my dad used to bring me toys, when my cousins came to play and I would start yelling and they were so nice to me. People that are still stuck in Syria dream about small things like getting out of there, going to school, having enough food and water to survive.

I thankfully got out of there when I was four years old. We travelled on foot to Jordan. Even though I was born in Syria, Jordan was a bigger part of my life because everything was going wrong and when I got there I felt like I was saved. I don’t remember any sad things. I was around my family, I had my friends there, I loved my school. I knew that neighborhood as much as I knew my name. I still remember it; I can imagine it in my head. We lived right next to the hills; I loved coming down the street and seeing them--but there were some disadvantages, like the time I lost the car wheel I was playing with. Now I don’t know the people who live on my street, but in Jordan we all knew each other, we went outside and played with each other, we all knew each other’s names. If I sat from today to tomorrow I wouldn't be able to talk about my experience. My heart was clear; I wasn’t stressed about all the things I am now.

Now that I’m older, I’ve started to dream bigger. I have more than one dream but it all leads to the same thing. I dream of people getting treated fairly. I dream of people loving themselves and having confidence in themselves. I dream of… a peaceful, comfortable, and safe world where everyone feels happy. I feel like there is only one way we can make that dream possible for everyone. We all work together to achieve this. If we’re all separated, we can’t. It’s not just for this dream; for any kind of dream, you need someone by your side, helping you and giving you confidence to do it.

You might say that I am confident but I wasn’t that a year ago. I started to have confidence in myself and loving myself when I started to understand the message by a group of k-pop singers called BTS. BTS changed my life, they inspired me to love and speak for myself, they taught me the meaning of hard work and still they keep on inspiring me everyday. I want people to feel comfortable and supported. One day I want to be like BTS, I want people to be inspired by me and maybe this is my chance. By me being able to say my dreams and my story, people can learn from what I have been through and that it didn’t stop me from dreaming big dreams and wanting to change the world. Maybe people can dream big dreams too, tell their stories, be confident in themselves, say, I can change the world.

This world is full of hard times but the person who gets through them is the one who can get strength from them and rely on people to help them. Especially right now, no one is connected to each other, but I remember when I was in Jordan how we were like family and that gives me hope that the world can change. It is ok to fall down once, twice, and three times, but you need to be ready to get back on your feet and be stronger than ever. I am 100 percent sure that everyone in this world has a kind heart but some people are afraid to show that. We all need to open our kind hearts and hold each other's hands to make this dream or any dream possible.

I am MALAK

I LOVE

I love pets

I love apples

I love bananas

I love my parents

I love my brother

I love the zoo

I love GOD

I love music

I love IAS

I love fruits and veggies

I love myself

I love everyone

I love seasons

I love the sun

I love Earth

I love the Galaxy

I love the universe

I love flu shots/vaccines

I WISH..

I wish COVID would end

I wish I was back in IRAQ

I wish I had a pet

I wish everyday was summer

I wish everyday was Earth day

I wish I was in an anime

I wish I had a real unicorn

I wish I could change the world

I FEAR

I fear the dark

I fear shots

I fear violence

I fear robbers

I fear guns

I fear ghosts

I fear dragons

I fear monsters

I fear sickness

I fear COVID-19

I FEEL

I feel happy

I feel sad

I feel annoyed

I feel anxious

I feel calm

I feel peaceful

I feel mad

I feel bad

I feel fine

I feel depressed

I feel hungry

I NEED

I need my family

I need food

I need water

I need GOD

I need shelter

I need trees

I need animals

I need everybody

I need my heart

I need my body

I need my organs

I need my bones

I need my brain

I need my bed

I need blankets

I need my pillows

I need my toys

I need the sun

I need Earth

I need all the planets

I HATE

I hate violence

I hate rude people

I hate bullies

I TRY

I try to be a friend to everybody

I try to help people

I try not to cry

I try not to be mean/rude

I try to be a good version of myself

I try to read the rules

I try to play by the rules

I try my best to accomplish my goals

I try to do my hardest

I try many different things

I AM

I am me

I am always trying different things

I am a human

I am just like you

I am different but the same as you

I am my best version of myself

I am MALAK

I am the best

I am awesome

I am a “gamer”

I am well-known

I am happy