Hi. I’m Yusra. I’m a kind of Muslim American. Why kind of? When people ask me what religion I follow, I say Islam, of course. I say that I’m Muslim.

So why is that right now, I’m saying “kind of?”

An Open Letter To All My Friends Who Think I Hate Them (a.k.a this is about you),

I’m going to go on and on about how much you still matter to me, and then I’m also going to talk about how it’s better that we don’t interact anymore.

1 .stop reading lists like these

2. just go out and be yourself

3. stop trying to fucking conform yourself to do things on a list. just because it worked for someone else doesn’t mean that it’ll work for you.

up, up, up.

get up

2 tests

1 meeting

we-so many miles apart- have our backs pressed against each other

& while mysterious December nights

pass crystal Clear like fallen lily snow

so quiet, a Silence we somehow stand

my Darling, don’t tell my heart goodbye.