By Idman Omar

Will I always be black,

Muslim and a woman in this country

reading faces

shield against shield

in the long, cheap working hours?

Will there always be

these awful months of fear

when I am foam of the sea

chewed skin and

a low, slow immigrant who

whispers the call to prayer?

Originally from Somalia, Idman Omar is a British freelance writer based in London, England. Her poetry has previously been published in Southbank Poetry, Guernica, Wild Court and Rattle amongst others. Idman is a MA Creative Writing graduate from Birkbeck, University of London.