Sparrow
by Reem Arshad Khan
A prose poem examining childhood trauma, dissociation and learned control, revealing how love, fear and innocence can become dangerously entangled in one body.
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Reem Arshad Khan
The author is a Management Sciences major at LUMS with a strong interest in art and literature, particularly South Asian writing. They enjoy dogs, iced vanilla lattes, winter sunshine, apple pie, and the beach, and dislike beige clothing, summer, spicy food, card games, and group projects. Their literary influences include Bilal Tanweer, Usama Lali, Avni Doshi, and Arundhati Roy, and they are especially drawn to poetry and lyrical prose, citing writers like Ocean Vuong and valuing vivid imagery and abstraction to explore questions of love, care, and what it means to be human.
The TWS Review 2025
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