They who have departed have carried fragments of me to distant horizons. They who lie beneath the earth have entombed shards of my being with their silence… Gaze upon me — no, truly gaze! Deeper still! Is there aught left of me, that you, with your leaving, would yet seek to claim? — Nasim LotfiContinue reading “Truly look at me”
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“A Proper Day for Your Absence”
I should have chosen the right day for your absence— perhaps in a chance winter, on a bitterly cold afternoon at the end of an utterly ordinary January day. I’d wear my usual black coat, wander through the streets, raise my hand for a tired, rusted taxi. He would ask, “Where to?” and I’d say,Continue reading ““A Proper Day for Your Absence””
Nasim Lotfi – Poet & Writer 