Another morning without you
The night is cold and blank,
sleepless eyes resist,
torn open like a lover’s letter,
after a decade of brittle silence
the air stolen from the chamber
of your chest.
You crave a warm hand on your skin,
or even a cold one,
you think of your days together,
while this blank night
pours over you.
Your mind pirouettes,
trying to recall his face—
like a little girl in her figment ballroom,
dizzy.
Another day without you:
the sweetest sleep approaches
with the sun.
The Eyes of Eternity
I’ve gazed into the eyes of eternal storm,
and have breathed its spirit—sweet with
the warmth of its whorl.
Caught in an everlasting love,
swirls of memories
once so near.
My other half
gazes on with such demure,
yet here I lie, within the debris,
seeking eternity alone.
Shirin Abedinirad, Dilemma, 2022, Land art, Tehran, Iran. Drawing on Rumi’s luminous line — “Beyond right and wrong, there is a field. I will meet you there” — the work transforms a staircase of mirrors into a threshold between earth and sky, light and shadow, illusion and revelation. Half-buried and half-ascending, the mirrored steps invite viewers into a meditation on duality, transcendence, and the soul’s quiet dialogue with the infinite. Artwork courtesy of featured artist Shirin Abedinirad.
