escalation
of euphoriastrong shot
up my veinwhen smile
goes limpand brain chatter
is gagged
unconscious
–shawnzahedi.com
… Ukulele whisper…
… Read moreonce bitten
I’m intoxicated
for lifecan’t clear
ukulele whisper
my mindisland kiss
island fever
naked sounds
naked sun
I smile.
–shawnzahedi.com
I get it!
… Read more“cancer can
kill
if you
let it”
she sighed“accept”
I uttered“I accept
but
will
fight it”
she roared“I get it!”
I felt.
Rush to the end (شتاب کن سوی انتها)
I rarely write poems in Farsi. Somehow today, while at San Diego’s Timken Museum of Art and while taking in the beautiful European paintings on … Read more
Tonight… I ran…
tonight
I ran
away
from cars & crowds
to the dead
empty streets
of Beverly Hills
… Read morebut I
could not run
away
from stars
A watershed moment… it was…
… Read morea watershed moment
it was
when my eyes
gazed deep
into my eyes
flickering fires
of life
they sawmemories and desires
vanished
in a
Eat, Pray, Love… In L.A.
… Read moreeat, pray, love
in L.A. …no need to travel
wide spans of ocean
no need to let go
what you hold dearlet go
