i love you. i lied.

By Najma Hassan

Debut publication for poet Najma Hassan, 'i love you. i lied.,' is a collection that explores love in all its aspects; personal, platonic, and intimate.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jul 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9781387790289

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i love you. i lied.

What’s In A Name?

24 years

It took 24 years for me to learn what’s in a name

To understand that despite similar lettering and sequence, no one is defined the same

Different infliction and conception, individuality is to blame

Didn’t define who I was, but inspired who I became

Named, by my mother and father, a lot to live up to

Shamed, by people who think they know me better than even they do, but I never

Blamed, individuals who refer to me in fewer syllables than their mothers mother tongue

but it’s still

Stained, into my mind as a name they can’t define

A name they can’t deny, known by strangers to me

A name that paints me by the