2 min readNov 2, 2020
From a Woman of Colour to America, the Night Before the Election
~reflections on a country in crisis~
Today of all days, Medium’s write a story page is down! Coincidence? One day before Election Day, the one and only time I decided it was time to speak not as a poet, but as an average woman of color, a Muslim, rather privileged, who lives in the United States. By choice. Looking back, it was the wrong choice. But that’s another story.