Afraid of the dark

Dr. Furaha Asani
Poets Unlimited
Published in
1 min readMay 18, 2016

When you were little

your mummy would kiss your forehead and turn off the lights…

you’d shut your eyes tight

to keep out the monsters of the night

Now you’ve grown up

what do you do

when the biggest fright

comes when your eyelids shut tight?

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Dr. Furaha Asani
Poets Unlimited

Migrant. Postdoctoral researcher. Teacher. Mental Health Advocate. Writer. Professional in the streets, loud on the sheets of paper.