Salma Mohamed-Smith

I am

            The Woman who grieves silently, always

I am

            The Woman with endless yearning, daily

I yearn

To be seen by Mothers and Grandmothers

I yearn

            To be seen the way Mothers and Grandmothers are seen

I imagined

            What life would be

I image now

            What life could be

I loved

            What would have been

I love  

            What now will be

I am

            Love

I am

            Me