the strangest situations
I don't quite know
how I come to find myself
in the strangest situations
(though they're not strange at all)
naaah, I feel right at home
in a hospital ward
in a room full
of beautiful somali women
all fierce, and with each a shared
history
some stranger then others
-histories-
in Hammersmith
and thunder and lightning
and fat drops of rain, nordic rain
not here, not in Hammersmith
the smell of earth,
yeah I caught a whiff
yeah I caught a whiff
we all agree, we all laugh like we
are real sisters, like none of that
distance and animosity exists
but it does, sadly, but we're here for you,
queen, infected blood
queen, infected blood
the queen
she's still smiling
despite her trials
it will be a long while
before she stops/ smiling, inshAllah
love, we're here for you
of course we are
just look how far
we've some
of course we are
just look how far
we've some
oh I don't quite know how to
take it
a hug, some flowers-
shared hours, to be part of the Diaspora
to know Hergaisa, to feel like you belong
to the land of poets and in a room
with beautiful somali sisters
oh and the river and the rain
and the bus and my brain
it's melting again tonight
and in alternate world
we would be clowning around
we would be clowning around
in china town
by the wetlands, the museum too
I had a dream about you
I had a dream about you
(was it in the hospital?)
