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By: Jehangir Saleh
Written: September 24, 2005

I was frightened
Of your completeness
Quivering, gently
Against sharp corners
That lingered soft
With your scent

We slept with the moon
Buried under my bed
You before I
I was unaware
Of your un-existence
Your essence
Creamed into the sheets
I crumbled with a
Soda cracker

In the dark dust
I imagined you
As a mountain
On which pilgrims climb
They followed blindly
And so did I

Through a single
Sparkle of light
I peered
Beyond the broken window –
Beyond the scar-less
Fields of children,
I felt them weeping
From inside

Outside, it rained glitter
The ashes of angels
Fallings from the sky
Victimless kites flew
Poking the deep blue
Of heaven
Fastened with ribbons
Of hope

I clutched my blue blanket
Twirled the dusty ribbon in my hair
Closed my eyes
Felt the bubbles and tears
Tickling my darkness
I stained myself
With your memory
Bravely stood on your mountain
And jumped

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I was frightened
Of your completeness
Quivering, gently
Against sharp corners
That lingered soft
With your scent

I imagined you
As a mountain
On which pilgrims climb
They followed blindly
And so did I

I imagine you
As a single fragment
Of revelatory light

I imagine you as something
That holds something else together

I imagine that the something else is me

Bravely stood on your mountain
And jumped