“Greed
Greed

Every man’s seed

Oh children
Let us heal
Let us water our native seeds
Let’s give
Let’s forgive
Let’s be true
Let kindness run like rivers in
Every vein
Every artery

Let the brown fields shine green again”

from Greed
– Nile Mystic
in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES
Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry
Coming soon from Lote Tree Press

Image by Giovana Medeiros