Immortal

I envy you Spring
with your wild flowers and flourishing smiles
with your elegance and your almond-tree of thoughtlessness
that does not know of the bitterness and pain of my loss.

I look out of the window
I look out of the window
and I wish for some Muguet de Mai
to arrive at my door
and to hear my mother's voice
calling me at the entrance: Beloved daughter
here I am, arrived with the Spring and healing balms.

If this happen,
I promise to embrace
the message of the spring and the Iris
and I will plant a Wild Rose-tree
for the entrance to the house of my heart
so that every one knows of my sensitivity
to the unfading remembrance of her love.

There are times that I am questioned
for my not-crying eyes
so for those who do not know of
my grieving heart, I write
to voice the bitterness and pain of my loss
in the language of every-lost mother-child,
so when the childishness of this heart
is sometimes toxic to the hearts of those
who do not know me and the Marigolds of my love,
even they will bring me
bouquets of Sea-lavenders and love.

Sheema Kalbasi

1Immortal: This refers to the Immortal flowers, which represent unfading remembrance.
2Muguet de Mai (Lily of the valley): means return to happiness. This flower is handed out at special events.
3Healing balm: is the same as the Rosemary flower.
4Wild Rose-tree represents a poetical person.
5Marigolds (zempasuchil): is considered the symbolic flower of death to the Aztecs. This flower is used as a marker. The scent of the pathway aids the returning soul in finding his/her way home.
6Sea-lavender: This flower represents sympathy.


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