Photo credit: Felix Russel-Saw
Starfish
By Fatma Al Marri
Remember when you wanted to discover the untouched oceans?
The deep waters?
I asked you how starfish die
and you did not know
I saw them drown
on shore
like you drowned me in water
I wish starfish could swim on shore
and I could breathe water
Photo credit: Hans Eiskonen
Disruption
By Fatma Almarri
A program
was designed
for the machine
to abide
through the commands
that were typed
in the handbook
It was written
“Follow carefully
before ignition”
It came equipped
with chains and conditions
for on its own it learns
and disrupts
That was all that was written
Although it obeyed
and it listened
it burned
in its programmed condition.