My Pomegranate blossom
Let me watch you,
Let me touch you,
Smell you and care for you.
..
Pomegranate blossom
When you are ready
Let me kiss you,
And become intoxicated
By your opium-scented breath.
..
My pomegranate blossom
Let me love you
Until you ascend
By my love, and
The magic of nature
Into a gorgeous pomegranate
Pregnant with seeds of rubies.
..
My pomegranate
Let me squeeze you
With my quivering fingers
Into sweetest pomegranate juice.
And drink you
To quench my thirst for you
To slow down my gushing blood
And ease the noisy pounding
Of my uneasy heart.
..
And let us journey together–
You within me
And I lost in you–
Beyond this real world
Which is unbearable without us together
To the world of imagination
Where the idea of us together
Will thrive permanently.
..
Pomegranate blossom
This thirst I feel for you
I never felt before.
Yet, I savor to feel it,
On my blistered lips
And barren, sand-swept soul,
Knowing that the season is ripening
Knowing that your ascension is near
Knowing that your submission is near
Knowing that my relief is near
Knowing that the future is ours
Even though it is temporarily away!
Footnote
Pomegranate juice alleviates blood pressure!
About
Professor Manoucher Parvin is a scientist, novelist, and poet and not a bad cook to boot! Among other things he is also a chess adict! His latest published novel/epic poem is, “Dardedel: Rumi, Hafez, and Love in New York“.
