Limbo

By Senay Tash

PROMPT — If only ...

/Limbo/

Nothing wrought of

Actions I cannot take

My homeland driven

/divided/

broken

Under siege with crimson

Life comes and goes

My life stays

/Limbo/

Detached of culture—ingrained

But thin, devoid of kin

/Limbo/

In a land out of reach

Not of ours no more

Soil stolen, rung with

Blood–flesh, snatched

From our souls

/Limbo/

Allow me to the

other side

Get me out

Please

/Limbo/

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Senay Tash is a young writer still discovering her place in the world of prose. As an Uyghur, she wants her writing to convey the struggles and oppression that her people face in their home land, and thrives to be a voice for her community. She writes from Wylie, Texas.