The Sky That Stole 1000 Midnights
A Comic Poetry Series
It's incredible to think that some can be born into riches and others into poverty on the same day, in the same world. Neither asked for it, but the universe nonetheless imposes drastically different circumstances for no perceptible reason.
I was fated to experience such a capricious dichotomy, not only under the same sky but under the same roof: my parents treated me with an obvious unparalleled emotion then what they had for my brother. He was gold, I was of a lesser value. I would notice these differences and at the time, I couldn’t express it. I was young and weak, scared and in a place I knew I didn’t belong.
Each experience I had, each fight I was involved in, each time my parents restricted my bloom and growth I felt a day wasted. I felt as though my days and nights were stolen from me. Experiences that I knew I was missing out on that I couldn’t get back. These were my midnights breached.
During these times of greatest despair, I found solace and meditation by putting pen to paper. I wrote short stories and poetry as a way to escape the world that I was born into, the unjust world that had wronged me.Â
The Sky That Stole 1000 Midnights is a collection of these poems in what I like to call graphic poetry. Think of it as a collection of poems in comic book form: an artistic way for me to fuse bits of the culture I grew up with and the incandescent poetry that arose from it. Like a lotus that grows from the mud and blooms brilliantly, these poems are living representations of not only my own resilience, but the resilience we all have to thrive, no matter the circumstances of our birth.
May these pages inspire you to trust yourself, to always stay creating, and to use the injustice you've experienced as fuel to rise to propel you above and beyond your oppressors.Â
This is the cover page of the first series of comic poetry written and designed by Munira Mona Morsy. The comic poetry pages are for paid subscribers only. If you are interested in experiencing this project and wish to support it, then please consider becoming a paid subscriber.
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