Niyati

 

 

No window stays open

Unless it learns to shut

In silence

When summer rain

Makes an old pillow

Wet

 

… And the room

Smells of sleeping dog

Next to an open bottle of wine

And of last night’s promise

That August rain showers

Make one forget

To say goodbye

 

But no window

Stays shut

When the pillow is turned

When the dog dreams of open spaces

Where cotton dresses tremble

Of the await

 

… Summer rain

A wet pillow

And a bed

Under the window

 

August 7, 2022

© Vahé A. Kazandjian, 2022

 

Photo taken with a 1960s Soviet medium format camera Salyut.