"Scent of the Wind"


By Farzad Bahari
Oct.-Dec. 1998
Lemar-Aftaab

the night wind comes to me
it whispers secrets
and leaves
i again await
for the wind to come
and tell me its tale of love
that it has heard from the ones
that are far from us
but
closer by heart

i await not in day
but in the darkness of night
the stars in the moonless sky
stare at me
perhaps they talk to me
what tales do they speak of?
what secrets they keep?

the wind brings the loved one's scent to me
take me to the one i long for
fly me into the arms of the loved one
it is a love that has no name
but a heart that rages in the chest of mine
of this sad heart

the wind leaves
and i am again
left behind...

June 98



Other works by Farzad Bahari:
Dance of the Moth(July-Sept 98)
Ahesta (April-June 98)
Yak Afghan (Jan.-March 98)
The Old Man of Paghman (Oct.-Dec.97)
An Old Garden (July-Aug. 97)

Farzad Bahari is a member of the Association of Afghan Writers (AAW).




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