Poems from Auora Faustini
Female. Mixed raced. Lived in 5 different countries.
Not British. Not American. Do not live in America, live in London. My profile keeps saying American Poet even if I have tried to change it.
I just want constructive feedback on the things I write.
First month.
It hits me. I miss you.
Since you left me, my life has changed.
It’s harder to sleep, it’s lonely here, without you.
The house...
(Dashes equal a beat)
I’ve never met you -
I do not know your struggle,
but we share an ancestor from centuries ago.
Their DNA is part of...
(This is a found poem.
Dashes equal a beat.)
Treat racism like COVID19 -
Assume you have it!
Do not deny the symptoms -
Eradicate and kill...
(This is a found poem.
Dashes equal a beat.)
I wish things would go back to normal -
Why are you prioritizing your want for normalcy
over...
As she wrote every stroke of the pen
brought back a memory, a trauma.
The more she wrote, the freer she felt.
It was like the chains that...