Poem: Wedding Night of a Muslim Woman

Fatima Barkatulla asks: “What did your wedding night mean to you?”

I wrote this a few days ago and tried to capture the feelings I had after my wedding, that evening when for the first time I prayed with my husband, and spent my first hours with him.”

My secret locked, a tale untold,
The only key, within your hand,
Too sacred for them to behold,
Too pure for them to understand.

Continued…

Photo by Summers

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