Les Miserables
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At age 13
I made my decision
Either live my life
Or better be dead at 30
If I cannot breathe
The free moments as much as I wish to
I am 34
And far away from either one
I used to think
What would be a perfect day to die?
At dawn
With few sailors slowing down
Just to watch
How your blood rushes out of the past
And captures the future
A denial to bow
A rejection for blind fold
And a few soldiers with an order
A few birds with hanging wounds
Would it be the perfect one?
The only worry was
Whether my lips would be locked
While nails are pulled out?
Now I am far away from those dates
That land and people
Who hate me the most
Whom I love the most
Now it is just me
A not sheeted stained mattress
Children whom were never asked
Whether to be given birth or death
Girls that were warned at the very first day
Do not count on tomorrow
Moms that never had a child
And
Javert
Taking a dive into HIV
(c) Syavash Shaghayegh
February 20, 2000
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