A Not-Finished Mirror
*********************
Today
I found myself
sitting too long
--but not long enough--
to catch up with the root
of these wrinkles
the never-sent letters
the never-taken steps
the sea never touched the skin
the sun never shined in the sky
i wrote a poem
on july 9th
for the July 9th Tehran University Graduates
they already left
but their children would come
and bring
tear gas, smoke, burning tires
noise and buried hopes
and I
still hang in here
oh I have never
finished the poem
(c) syavash shaghayegh
July 17th, 1999
| Visit SoHo | Explore GeoCities | Get your own free homepage |