“Bus Ride” by Sahar Mandour, Lebanon (1977-2017)

Packed between elbows,

I balance grocery bags and dreams.

Someone shouts,

someone prays,

and I think:

this city is also mine.

From A Poem A Day: Middle East & North Africa

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