Tag: safia jama

lifeinpoetry:

Like an Agnes Martin, people think of me as calm and serene
while inside, I rail and rage

So I make my sharp angles more and more soft
as a kid’s new eraser

I want to clothe myself constantly in Agnes Martin paintings
and always be that safe and serene

And carry little cards that say
‘Untitled’

— Safia Jama, from “Self-Portrait as an Agnes Martin Painting,” published in BOMB