I Suffer A Phobia Called Hope by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
"The grieving have only the unknown. / It’s their only staple and inheritance. / Pain has no logic. All things redeem / the grieving except your rational questions." — Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
You Can’t Have It All by Barbara Ras
"You can’t bring back the dead, / but you can have the words forgive and forget hold hands / as if they meant to spend a lifetime together."