… Read moreI punched me
mirror shattered
still can’t fight
broken self
–shawnzahedi.com
Tar and feathers
… Read moreburied me in tar
ridiculed me with feathers
my heart in love, survivedLiberté, Égalité, Fraternité
–shawnzahedi.com
Carmen is shy
… Read morechoo-choo
peekaboo
Carmen is shy
but what a hootincessant rain, slush on terrace, haphazard clatter
couple naked
class dismissed.
–shawnzahedi.com
Sunday at Torrey Pines
… Read moreseagulls scaring sandpipers
seaweed stranded, snoozing
sniffling breeze swelling surf
and my sneakers …
scuffing smoothed stones
–shawnzahedi.com
Red Herring Jacket
… Read morea red herring jacket
unbecomes you
but love sinks honesty
when self confidence is lacking
and there’s nothing else to wear
–shawnzahedi.com
Make a left!
… Read morewhy did I make a left?
I never talk to strangers
but this lonely alley
begged me to stop
make a left, enter and listen
Signatories of the pact
… Read moresignatories of the pact
“noble” breed
lash out at all
questioning their creedsacrosanct, immune
sacred words their wand
stupefy the masses
power, wealth their
My mother’s son
… Read moremy mother’s son
yet stranded
not of love
but voice’cause voice
can hurt
and kill
love
–shawnzahedi.com
Hold my heart in your hand (دلم رو بگیر تو دستت)
بابا بس کن
بیا تو
دلم رو بگیر تو دستت
ادا نیا ، عشوه نکن
دلم رو بگیر تو دستت
وقت نزاع
چرند پرند
سر
… Read moreFire had died.
… Read morefive waves of waves
piled sand and sadness
on my entangled corpsefire had died
now a memory
–shawnzahedi.com
