For women who are 'difficult' to love - Warsan Shire

[Safferz]

Beautiful poem and video.

 

"For Women Who Are Difficult to Love" - written and performed by Warsan Shire

 

You are a horse running alone

and he tries to tame you

compares you to an impossible highway

to a burning house

says you are blinding him

that he could never leave you

forget you

want anything but you

you dizzy him, you are unbearable

every woman before or after you

is doused in your name

you fill his mouth

his teeth ache with memory of taste

his body just a long shadow seeking yours

but you are always too intense

frightening in the way you want him

unashamed and sacrificial

he tells you that no man can live up to the one who

lives in your head

and you tried to change didn’t you?

closed your mouth more

tried to be softer

prettier

less volatile, less awake

but even when sleeping you could feel

him travelling away from you in his dreams

so what did you want to do love

split his head open?

you can’t make homes out of human beings

someone should have already told you that

and if he wants to leave

then let him leave

you are terrifying

and strange and beautiful

something not everyone knows how to love.

 

[SomaliPhilosopher]

Why does this poem sound so familiar

[Safferz]

It's not a new poem, so you've probably come across it before. The video is new-ish though, I think it came out earlier this year. Poems that speak to the soul

[SomaliPhilosopher]

Who is this warsan shire?

[Safferz]

SomaliPhilosopher;943367 wrote:

Who is this warsan shire?

A young Somali woman based in the UK who writes beautiful poetry, and recently published her first collection of poems. I love her.

[Safferz]

This one is so moving...

 

[SomaliPhilosopher]

Safferz;943370 wrote:

This one is so moving...

Wow

[Safferz]

She just won the Brunel University African Poetry Prize today, out of a field of 655 poets: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22358337

[Alpha Blondy]

^ you werent there, dee...

 

as for this hormonal driven topic.........women who present this imagine of being difficult, ought to be ignored. then.....they cease to be anything but NOTHING.

[Che -Guevara]

Safferz;943370 wrote:

This one is so moving...

I was her with till she cried but otherwise beautiful words,

[Safferz]

Alpha Blondy;944821 wrote:

^ you werent there, dee...

lol I've never tried it but I don't think I would be very good at writing poetry. But I've always wanted to write a novel

[Coofle]

Safferz;944854 wrote:

lol I've never tried it but I don't think I would be very good at writing poetry. But I've always wanted to write a novel

Since I am talented in writing somali poetry, I tried English poetry too....I posted few on poetry website and got some good and bad reviews...loolz...But frankly speaking english poetry is boring and easy.

[Cambuulo iyo bun]

Feminine nonsense this whole poetry bizness. Too much waffle about nothing. I call it as I c it

[Safferz]

Coofle;944906 wrote:

Since I am talented in writing somali poetry, I tried English poetry too....I posted few on poetry website and got some good and bad reviews...loolz...But frankly speaking english poetry is boring and easy.

No way Coofle, English poetry can be just as structurally complex and full of symbolism and depth. Maybe what you're thinking of are simple rhymes like "roses are red/violets are blue"

[Rahima]

Safferz;944912 wrote:

No way Coofle, English poetry can be just as structurally complex and full of symbolism and depth. Maybe what you're thinking of are simple rhymes like "roses are red/violets are blue"