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“It took the world 197,000 years to make me. My dna formed leisurely across centuries, like a slow-cooked meal. My nose preceded me into the world, as did my hands, my short temper, the locks of my hair, my thirst for poetry and books, how quickly I grow bored, and my struggle to fall in love. My peculiar mind must have inhabited another woman’s body before I came around. I have sailed from eternity to the world of questions: my consciousness in one hand, and my fear in another.” — Dalia Taha
It took the world 197,000 years to make me.
My dna formed leisurely across centuries,
like a slow-cooked meal.
My nose preceded me into the world,
as did my hands, my short temper,
the locks of my hair, my thirst
for poetry and books, how quickly
I grow bored, and my struggle
to fall in love. My peculiar mind
must have inhabited another woman’s body
before I came around. I have sailed from eternity
to the world of questions: my consciousness
in one hand, and my fear in another.