BLUE WATER, WHITE WATER, HOLY WATER
“It is not the act itself / that is abhorrent – / it is the admission, / the eyes, the ears / witnessing.”
Arwa Alsamarae (she/her) is an ophthalmologist and writer living in the North Bay. Her work has been featured in MIZNA, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, and the forthcoming anthology, “We Call to the Eye and the Night.” She is co-founder of the Coffee and Script Collaborative, an online literary community of Arab writers.
“It is not the act itself / that is abhorrent – / it is the admission, / the eyes, the ears / witnessing.”