funeral for my mama
if i must in this i will bleed
lose the last of my tongue that mama can recognise i exhale
her name with an unrolled ’r’
limp
hanging in the back of my throat
i built an origami coffin
and buried
her soft pink
rosarybeads in our back yard
in this new language there is no space
for god liness
Zein Sa'dedin is a Jordanian poet by way of the University of East Anglia where she has recently completed her BA in English Literature and Creative Writing. Born and raised in Amman, Jordan, Zein is about to begin an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Her work has been featured in Undertow: the 2016 UEA Undergraduate Creative Writing Anthology and online at #NewWriting - www.newwriting.net.