Ghausia Rashid's Writings
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Jan.14.2009
Fired up with a wholly unexpected bout of patriotism, I bought a large flag to display on the roof of my house long before August began. Independence Day brought around the usual bout of festivities at college, and as night came and the pale moon rose high up in the clouds, I settled down to watch TV for lack of a better thing to do, having slept away the day’s...
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Jan.14.2009
Blood spattered the ground the day I finally took his life,
Blood caked my body down to my toes, trickling down my face,
Blood took away the last vestiges of innocence I’d retained after all he’d done.
Life ceased to mean anything the day you sent me to him, to my doom.
Life revolved around pain and fear and the need to protect the others.
Life ended the...
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Oct.03.2008
Her Parthian thrust wounds me deeply,
Bladed whip sinking in farther than she thinks it did,
To this day, I trace the scar lovingly,
Remembering days gone by when enemies
Laughed and loved the hands that carry
Their death sentence; when we stood
Not on opposite sides like vexing lovers
But on the same, shoulder to shoulder,
Fighting...
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