Darkness lived in the quiet,
My body is the new sky,
When the sun shines,
I don't hide, my scars like
diamonds shine bright.
I have fought my whole life,
to know what happy looks like,
I have been alone,
I have been poor,
I have been lost,
I have been roofless in a home.
My tomorrows are never certain,
Every minute something ends,
I eat less, I practice living with nothing.
They wonder why I am losing weight.
Sabina Yesmin isn't just a name,
I am the battleground between
hope and fear.
Sunflowers inked on my skin are
the times they kill me and I resurrect.
What do you scare me with?
Haven't you looked at me close?
Where am I with no stains?
Which part of me is yet to taste death?
I don't love life for the sake of it,
I die to take it as a privilege,
Don't teach me how to do it right.
I have been wronged before your eyes,
You pretended to be deaf, you were quiet.
Take your mercy, I am whole on my own.
My flaws are the souvenirs of the hell I know.
Don't tame me with the fire coming ahead,
I have burnt more than sinners on this earth.
