"Pomegranate Tree" by Roxolana Luzskov (pg

POMEGRANATE TREE

A Found Poem inspired by The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini By Roxolana Luzskov

I shouldn't have come up the hill. Looking at the wilted, leafless tree “Amir and Hassan, the sultans of Kabul. ” Those words made it formal: the tree was ours. I hurled the pomegranates at him Red juice soaking through his shirt like blood “What are we doing here?” I panted, my stomach roiling with nausea. Sunlights and shadows of pomegranate leaves Giggling, laughing; I can still see Hassan up on that tree One more story, one more chapter “Do you want to go climb our tree?” A sadness came over me. I unfolded the story I’d brought along, turned to the first page, then put it down The droughts have dried the hill and the tree hasn’t borne fruit in years Hassan’s smile wilted The words I’d carved on that tree I couldn't stand looking at them now