Sunday at 4AM
streets are asleep
yet a light
flickers
in town’s only church
while souls rest
restless pastor
kneels
communing
and crying
confessing
to … Read more
I was a child tonight
I sat in the back row.
This was a religious event. A celebration of the divine. A celebration of life and love. I didn’t understand … Read more
My Eden
… Read morethrongs pray for Eden
I praywishful blind looking
feast not grasped
faith materialized
–shawnzahedi.com
Tonic or sin?
… Read moreboot on pedal
my mind straddles
coffee and gin
love’s wrong battlescowboy at heart
lone star hero
blistered and bruised
rowdy cattlepastor’s remorse
Children of pilgrims
… Read morechildren of pilgrims
persecuted for
their ‘colored’ faiths and devotionsshan’t, nay, won’t
persecute
pilgrims for
their ‘colored’ races and passions
–shawnzahedi.com
The lonely pilgrim
… Read morelet’s pray
the lonely pilgrim
whose sin
we made believe
soars above
man and God
–shawnzahedi.com
Love Can’t Hate
… Read moreFAITH
is loveLOVE
can’t hateHATE
won’t blind
–shawnzahedi.com
A polyphonic cacophony
… Read morelife
was
a polyphonic cacophony
adrenaline crescendos
free-fall diminuendos
jolting me
a submissive rhythmlife
is
a steady “om”
a liberating chant
–shawnzahedi.com
When the sirens die
… Read moreangels
knew I was down
on griefperhaps
there are things I can
believewhen the sirens die
and the road is cleared
and the
A cow to worship
… Read morea cow
to worship
a bolt
to fearseek one
to blame
see life
a gameI won’t
cower
nor will
complaintrusting
what’s ‘me’
