Hearing Voices

I am an introvert in a world that pushes me to be an extrovert.  

I am an artist in a world that values me as a scientist.  

I am a healer in a world that reduces me to a set of letters: BA, MD, FRCPC. 

I am a woman in a world that wants me to be a man. 

I am religious in a world that tells me to be secular.

I am spiritual in a world that tells me to be religious.

I am religious in a world that tells me to be spiritual.

Religious, spiritual, religious. 

I am a human being in a world that desires me to be invisible.

I am wild in a world that coerces me to be civilized.

I am civilized in a world that calls me to be wild.

I am a speaker in a world that commands me to be silent.

And I am a Muslim in a world that tells me to be anything but. 

I am silent in a world that pressures me to speak.

I am patient in a world that tells me to rush.

I am free in a world that wants me to be in chains.

Introvert. Artist. Healer. Teacher.

Therapist.  Woman.  Religious. Spiritual. Religious. Human

Being. Wild. Civilized. Speaker. Muslim.    

Silent,

Patient

& Free.

by Yusra Ahmad

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