DSHAMILJA ROSHANI is a 25-year old Berlin-based poet, writer and performer of German-Iranian descent. In their work, Dshamilja paints vivid yet fluid images that examine the complexity of self and social relations. Emerging from a compassionate and honest place, their...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] The pain in youSeems to long for directionTo ease the burden of nothingness.But please, don't follow meI am lost tooIn circular questionsOf unreal reality andIts really violent expressions,Spinning and swingingAround the beginning of my consciousness,Seeking to sneak...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] I.Once,Home was a feelingRather than a place of birth.When borders had not yet formedScars on the face of the earth.When we were moving, dancing,Flowing at peace, composingThe songs of our soulsWith unbroken, effortlessEase. II.Later we discoveredThe nightmares....

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] None of thisIs adequateNone of thisMakes up for a kissThat cameOut of nowhereAnd took awayEverything She is failingFor days. AndNothing hurts moreThan this endless excessOf ceaseless numbnessWithout directionWithout progress Only emptiness,Pending [tabby title="Poet Bio"] Dshamilja feels things,...

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] MaybeThe key to being freeIs to run in circlesSo that societyCannot corner me [tabby title="Poet Bio"] Dshamilja feels things, thinks things, does things.And she writes things to process the above. [tabbyending]