Poem by Lutfa Hanum Salima Begum

fallen leaves search for a green passage
to return to the tree branches

birds want to turn into
yellow of an egg’s bosom

rivers desire the return
of all dead fishes

shadows want to be trees
to be people’s hearts

smoke searches for a red passage
to return to the fire’s bosom

waters want to be stones
stones want to thaw in people’s hearts

even I, melting within you, search for a passage
to return to myself through the green

through water, stone
sound and music

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