Bio
Amal El-Sayed is a PhD candidate at Ain Shams University, Egypt, where she teaches English poetry at the Faculty of Al-Alsun (Languages). Her poems and stories appear in Poetry Pacific, Wyldblood Magazine, Poets Reading the News, and Writers Resist. You can find her on Instagram at @amal.el_sayed
Amal El-Sayed
Crave
"What do you crave?" he asks me.
"The normal things," I say.
A hot meal after a long day,
a warm home amidst the cold winter,
serenity—a peaceful mind,
hope—a brighter future,
and a shoulder to rest my head on
when I am weary of this world.
"Does that make me boring?" I ask
"It makes you human," he answers,
resting his weary head on my shoulder.