I lit the candle and lowered myself in the...
Willing my nervous system to cooperate with me so...
Four sunflowers stood wilting in a field
At the dying of the light and the creeping of the...
I often dream about a former time
When life was not as cruel as today...
Between the Hormuz
and the Bab al-Mandab Straits...
Closed eyes and sealed mouths
numbed by the pregnant moonlight...
What am I supposed to do?
How am I meant to get through this without you...
So many times, I've been here before
Head in my hands, Sitting on the floor...
As soon as we hang up the phone
I feel my eyes begin to swell...
As I walk into the bedroom,
And look around the scene...