Today<\/b> I can write
\nMy happiest poem
\nAnd I can enjoy birds happy chirps
\nSeed by seed
\nEven in this world which is
\nA Small sad planet<\/p>\n
Today <\/b>every strand of my hair
\nIs wrapped in a poem And the light
\nFlashing in my eyes
\nBrightens my hands
\nEven in the darkness of
\nThese rushfull days
\n
\nToday <\/b>I can recite
\nMy happiest poem filled with trust
\nWashed with peace and
\nCovered in love.
\nBut I am asking: what am I in love with
\nIn this world filled with hate, anger and War<\/p>\n
Today I am fresh
\nAnd the cells in my body multiply One by one
\nI am alive still and
\nTill the sun can rise
\nPoppies bloom in a season of womanhood
\nEven in the field with this many sad tulips crying<\/p>\n
\nToday<\/b> my moon-light ridden face
\nWas polished with the sands of Zayandeh rud
\nAnd the algae from Thames river
\nAnd I wrote my happiest poem
\nEven where we are all alone in
\nThis small sad planet of ours <\/p>\n
\nToday with the presence of
\nThe moon and the sun
\nAnd with the gazes of roses
\nI am still in love Even in this
\nBitterness of human conflict
\nIn our smal sad planet<\/p>\n
By Mahnaz Badihian
\n—————–
\ndedicated to P. Neruda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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