Short Poems- 6

As I thought of you

My heart opened at the edge of silence

Suddenly

The warm feeling,

A soft smile

And the green scent of bliss took me by surprise

As I thought of you,

Summer stayed

The clumsy touch of winter had gone

My heart and blood,

My whole existence

Sensed delight

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In the midst of summer

I am thinking of those winter nights

When the cold hovered over our garden

The windows were gleaming white

And my mother’s caring hands

Warmed my heart

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When I speak my regrets aloud

Crying with no tears

I try to forgive and forget

For every hour I spent with you

I forgot the distance 

I was dazzled by your wisdom

It was all good

It was all surreal

And the scent of bliss was in the air

But now as I lament the loss of my heart to you

My trust evaporates

yet

I know by next spring

I’ll allow my heart to reopen

To the single ray of love once again

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I’m too tired to think of you

As I’m trying to speak

Yet, my heart cries silently with fallen thoughts

I’m too tired to think of you

With attachment like a wave in the ocean

Yet, I can’t leave you 

My body is numb with no feelings

My thought bunched in a knot

My eyes gleaming with a new hope

And I rise above my expectation;

When I remember your saying: You are mine

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I am terrified of the storm

But no one can see my fear

As the wind blows,

Passes along the lake

My heart beats with fallen trees

There’s a sound of terror in the air

The sky is dark

The stars are transported to the languishing fog

I want to think

Yet the ghostly, doleful wind blows above the tall trees 

With more grief

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My pets are at their places

Without notice, busy grooming

The sun shines

The lake covered with a lazy fog

The heat casting pressure into the air

Small birds from their lovely nests

Peeking, singing, embracing one another in couples

Under the reach of my happy wishes

The mid-morning is growing

And

Through all the wonders of a hushed day

With a passionate feeling, I feel privileged

Unwary and certain

I pray: “Let all be still!”

Shahla Latifi

02-25-2018