Love

Hold me—
so tightly
that the first and last kiss
of the condemned
loses its meaning.

Someone dances
inside my chest.
My lips grow fevered.
Words melt
before I can say
how deeply I love you.

The Gathering of Solitude

Forty-two poems on exile, womanhood and memory, written between Tehran and the island.

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