“I live”
used to say
having no way
stood in front of “i”
pointing the gun — which the shooting was by
right to the heart
pushed the trigger hard
“i” fell apart
turned into “o”
had nowhere to escape
to go
“I love”
since then
“I live”
used to say
having no way
stood in front of “i”
pointing the gun — which the shooting was by
right to the heart
pushed the trigger hard
“i” fell apart
turned into “o”
had nowhere to escape
to go
“I love”
since then
Published online March 19, 2014
Sepideh Hatami Shahmarvandi is a 22-year-old poet from Islamic republic of Iran. She studies English at the university of Isfahan. Writing poems since she was six years old, she now works in e.e. cummings style.