Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “myelin sheath*: damaged hope” by Meharoona Ghani.

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myelin sheath*: damaged hope

By Meharoona Ghani

mortal coil unwound,

protected nerves now exposed –

demyelination

you held my numbness,

twirled me in your heart’s sequence

revealing love’s path

for us, magic lay

in carpets made of wheelchairs,

imagine our flight

*Related to Multiple Sclerosis. MS Society of Canada. (2020). Glossary of Research Terms. Retrieved from https://mssociety.ca/about-ms-research/glossary-of-research-terms

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Copyright © Meharoona Ghani

Previously published in the way out is the way in (LCP Chapbook Series, 2021).

Meharoona Ghani, an accomplished writer, educator, and public speaker with over 20 years of experience in the areas of equity, diversity, and inclusion with the BC Provincial Government, Not for Profit Organizations, and M. Ghani Consulting. Alumni of Simon Fraser University’s Writers Studio and Vancouver Manuscript Intensive, Ghani is published in many collections, including: Roots to Branches: Volume 1, Federation of BC Writers; the way out is the way in: an anthology of disabled poets, League of Canadian Poets; Body & Soul: Stories for Skeptics and Seekers, Caitlin Press; and The Muslimah Who Fell to Earth, Mawenzi House. One, of many, noteworthy honors includes the University of Victoria’s Centre for Studies in Religion and Society’s 2020/21 Artist in Residence Fellowship. She continues to write her hybrid spiritual memoir called: Letters to Rumi – a project of lyrical prose and poetry. Find out more at: mghaniconsulting.ca.

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