Issue 4
By Djazia Brahmi
Luna
I wonder who else is looking at the moon tonight.
How many lost wandering souls are up past midnight?
seeking gazes and shining through the dark from the silver orb?
and in joyful company,
I wonder if we can share the solace of its traces.
Are these aesthetes of whom I know?
Maybe a friend that shares too little of his pain
Or a stranger who was looking for me
What if they needed the stardust for guidance?
Was it a word that slipped off my tongue?
Would it be helpful if I asked the moon?
to send my apologies to them?
With a kiss and lullaby to sleep,
I wonder if it would fix it all,
If it could reply to me.
Djazia Brahmi: Djazia Brahmi is an Algerian poet and writer whose work gently explores threads of solitude, friendship, memory, and identity. Writing in English with roots in Arabic, her poems drift between dream and reality. Her work is an attempt to preserve what slips away: language, loss, and the traces of love and resilience we carry. She believes in writing as a form of emotional documentation where silence speaks and feelings find shape. Her words spring from a lifelong love of novels and poetry. She finds refuge in classics and Gothic literature, drawing inspiration from the emotional clarity and tenderness of Rupi Kaur and the enduring resonance of Ghassan Kanafani and many other authors. She is currently studying English Literature and Civilization at Abu Bakr Belkaid University in Tlemcen, Algeria, and she is working toward deepening her craft as a writer while pursuing a future in literary studies. Recently, Brahmi delivered a very polished, emotional piece of poetry to her audience after she published her first book, "The Indelible into Words."