A Promise Fulfilled

The old faith,
that most beautiful
legacy of youth,
came back to me,
and again
there was joy in my heart,
again, inside,
dawn hushed white
and the sky breathed out,
and in the silence
I heard a voice
like a wave
coming over me,
coming out from me,
in the silence
I heard a voice
telling me to live my life
free of care,
that in the darkest
and most isolated corner
I am seen,
I am living in reciprocity
with life in its entirety,
telling me to unfold
my own myth,
be who I am
by embracing my becoming.

The old faith
came back to me
and again
I found my face,
a flower among flowers
blooming silently,
a star among stars
shining silently,
again I found my face
and there was joy in my heart,
a fulfilling of the promise
that love once made to me.

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Tanka # 63

In my grave
where no one comes,
on the wind of spring
the sighs of lovers
burning in the night.

Haiku # 266

Could it be?
the joy of a child
in an old face

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Moonlit cemetery…
where has the voices gone?
the hush of autumn winds

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Old abandoned streets…
in the darkness the footsteps
of those long gone

Haiku # 257

These heartbeats…
a pitter-patter on her cheeks,
a riot on her bones

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Evening coffee…
our conversations sprawling
through the curves of time

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I write as I live
and my words burn…
solitary stars

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In the dark
her areolas glared,
two velvet stars

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At the sodden crossroads
where the poem melts…
deep between her thighs

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Meet me at the ocean
where the rivers of all our years
shall merge as one

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Not less solitary
because you shine…
moon in autumn sky

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Ease into me…
a flower gossiping
with the moon at night

Haiku # 230 (To Sarah)

My life…
a candle burning
with the light
of your joy

Senryu # 123

Silent joy of now…
a full moon whirling,
dervish in the sky

Painter unknown

Coming Home

Freydoon Rassouli, Coming Home

Effervescent like the dawn
in the stillness of the night
let my breath be the light
that breaks through your sky
calling you to me,
calling you home.

Haiku # 54

Wet in morning dew,
the rose in the rising sun
shows a thousand smiles.

Haiku # 52

Fading one by one
In the white pond of silence,
Stars whispering, dawn.

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Faint rustle of leaves,
In the air, the scent of spring
Kissing joyous hearts.

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Autumn’s dewed caress
Seeping down my neck as mist
Covers the world, still.

Haiku # 40

Endless migration,
Joy, a thousand thousand birds
Singing surrender.