For Majid Roshangar
In the sheltering shadow of Mother
I saw a pool
From a rather safe distance.
“Beware of the sea!” she said,
And I laughed.
Today,
In the eternal absence of my mother,
I shed all the oceans
In one drop of her tears.
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