Thursday, November 15, 2018

The Walls of Layla







Majnun
At noon
Laid down by her grave
And carved verses of virgin love
As nazira

She had already descended
Into the ruins of his lonesome soul
To find silence
In assorted songs, years later, in secret

It was his turn
In madness and hope
To pass by the walls
And find in the desert

The simple name he knew
Dark as night, dark as the sunset
When he let that name bathe in the sand
Repeating “I am yours”

Before the sun came back
As a song
In time

November 15, 2018
© Vahé A. Kazandjian, 2018

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