Words

By Raidah Shah Idil

I wonder what words taste like when they are still
tucked inside our tongues, buried in our chests, simmering inside our souls
what if words were swallowed whole by the sea, deep within the belly of Jonah’s whale

what gems could bubble up, if we were only to exhale

 

Raidah Shah Idil earned her BA in English and BSc in Psychology from the University of New South Wales. She is based in PJ, Malaysia.