{"id":1464,"date":"2021-05-28T00:33:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T06:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2021-05-29T15:49:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T21:49:38","slug":"may-by-aleena-bukhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?p=1464","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;May&#8221; by Aleena Bukhari"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Aleena is a visual artist, writer and undergraduate student at USask. As a WOC, Aleena brings a unique perspective on themes of identity, social cohesion and loss. \u201cMay\u201d represents the renewal of lust and curiosity that spring uncovers. A poem for both lovers and for those who mourn the return of intimacy under a golden sun. Rejoicing in an unspoken promise made between two hearts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>May<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everytime I think life is over<br>It has only just begun<br>You hated the mornings, but would bask in the sun<br>I wonder when it will be May again<br>To feel the way I did<br>Last time, our first time<br>Thursday the second, Sunday the fifth.<br>I wonder when it will be May again<br>I wonder when it will be May again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em><em><strong><em><strong>You can follow Aleena on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/__axbukhari\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/__axbukhari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@__axbukhari<\/a> or on her art account, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/__slaterr\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/__slaterr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@__slaterr<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>This piece is part of the <\/em>in medias res<em> March 2021 \u201cLove\u201d Issue. You can read the full issue under the tag \u201c<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?tag=march-2021\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/stmcollege.ca\/imr\/?tag=march-2021\" target=\"_blank\">March 2021<\/a>.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color:#a3a3a3\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em>Image: <\/em>Morning on the Seine near Giverny (1897)<em> by Claude Monet (Public Domain)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMay\u201d represents the renewal of lust and curiosity that spring uncovers. 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