Salvation

 

For Marzieh Sotodeh

 

Salvation

 

 

I waited so long at the threshold of solitude

Until my feet rooted in a land

Enriched with avidity

And trees sent me a breeze

With a message of futility.

 

I have to go a long way

A way through a rough path

And my feet are bare

With the wounds of absurdity.

 

But there is a feast

In my way

Among the branches of a tree

With a sparrow

And her chicks.

 

Dec. 26, 2018