Sit is taken from ‘The Sun Still Rises’, a beautiful collection of poetry by Munna Abdelhady. Growing up in Pennsylvania, being a woman of colour was unfamiliar but poetry gave Munna a voice when she felt
like she didn’t have one.
Sit
Before you look at the mess
Sit
I can explain
It is covered in dirt and destruction because my mind has been stuck in a maze
Sit
I cannot pick up the trash from last Sunday or the clothes from weeks ago
My hands just will not move
Sit
Stop screaming about the chaos I know it is chaotic
Sit
See me
For the mess that I am not the mess that I made
