It became normal
To be betrayed in my front,
By the only being
Who I allowed in my bed.
Isida Dervishasani, born in Albania, and based in Canada, shares her poems
Isida Dervishasani was born in Tirana, Albania and at the age of 14 immigrated to Canada. Isida was promoted to Toronto’s General Arts branch, Humber College, and is currently a writer. Her limited disabilities, do not allow her to walk or speak, yet have not prevented her from expressing her freely. The first grade of primary school, Isida completed at home with her grandmother, as in Albania there were no schools for children with different skills. She started writing poetry in high school. Her poems have been published in various prestigious magazines.
IT BECAME NORMAL
It became normal
To be betrayed in my front,
By the only being
Who I allowed in my bed.
I was okay by not
Being cherished even
Only a little bit. I idolized
You even more than life.
It was my lifestyle, that
I was valued less than
Zero, by you and me.
Why?
***
THIS MAN
This man left his kingdom
Just to see his capacule
Dance into the normal world.
He quietly stood the pain
Of being a nobody in a
Cold planet, so she can
Fly like the others at her age.
Is ironic, that he thinks,
The princess ignores
What he did for her?
Ceni, thank you.
***
LOVING OURSELVES
Loving ourselves
Is the essence, and
The food for our lives.
We need to cherish the
Person beneath us.
We should not lay
Our hands to beg love
To others.
We need to look
At the mirror, and
Say, ‘’ I love you’’
To the person in
Front of us.
I am the only
Reason of
My life.
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