The most non-human thing about humans is having a heart
The most non-human and disgusting thing about humans is having a heart that doesn’t feel, see, hear, or understand. And neither does it try.
People, people, people, an ocean of people
People, people, people, an ocean of people, but I can’t find even a drop of humanity. quote bites from sadia hakim’s poetry journal
A bad day is not a bad life — grievances have loopholes
You can have a bad moment, a bad day, a bad year, a couple of bad years, but you can’t have a bad life. A bad day is not a bad life — grievances have loopholes.
To obsessively and unnecessarily laugh at life
What they name dissociation, depression, anxiety, and emotional numbing is my life. Am I just pathetic, or is this what it means to be human?
We have trained ourselves to be unbothered — life poetry
We have trained ourselves to be unbothered, scrolling past suffering as if blood is just another piece of content.Â
Why would you care — being liked by people you don’t like
Why would I care about being liked or loved by people I don’t like or love? And why do you? quote bites by sadia hakim
They ask if there is a way out of betrayal trauma
I wish there had been a way out of betrayal trauma. You just have to live with this dagger inside your heart. Quote Bites by Sadia Hakim
And if you ask for it a million more times, I just will
If something is good for you, I will give it to you a million billion times. And if you ask for it a million more times, I will give it to you. letters unsent
From beast to human: your presence tames the wild inside
The monster inside me feels human when I’m with you.
And with you, the monster inside me feels human. I want to feel human.
A poem of love and loss —honoring Palestine’s struggles
I would die for this land—for its moonrises and sunsets — honoring Palestine’s struggles, a poem of love and loss for Palestinians by sadia hakim