Snowflakes in Your Hair Mahdi Khamseh
The snow murmuring above the pavement Chlorophyll laughter bleached in white As I stumble past the orchard The forest heaves with my fading breath Looking back Shoulders glancing crescent moons Into the twenty-sixth phase of sorrow Pleads another case with me Silence shouts into my ears As it pulls me into its abyss And leaves me tainted with Diamond hairs The slow whispers Cutting into the clouds Forcing another droplet of white blood To perturb you from your sleep Sharp glances Bite at my window My dwelling has lost its wood from your leaving You took a tree and left A splinter The gum wrappers around my face Chain me to a voice which I cannot bear to hear As I can do nothing but chew And chew Until I spit myself out of Your eyes 13
