Life

by Ramzi Albert Rihani / April 27th, 2025

In suffocation,
numbness rules,
waiting for the sky to clear

Fill me with air,
air so I can breathe and live
and then fill me with life

Ramzi Albert Rihani is a Lebanese American writer. He received the 2024 Polk Street Review first-place poetry award. His work has appeared in several publications in the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, India, and South Africa, including ArLiJo, Linnet’s Wings magazine, Chronogram magazine, Last Leaves magazine, Poetry Potion, and The Silent Journey Anthology. He is a published music critic. He wrote and published a travel book, The Other Color. He lives in Potomac, MD. Read other articles by Ramzi Albert.

This article was posted on Sunday, April 27th, 2025 at 8:00am and is filed under Poetry.