American-Iranian Spiritual Poet based in Abu Dhabi, UAE
I have been waiting for this moment for all my life I have been waiting for the arrival of me to recognize myself resurrected as The Child of God Today is the day we celebrate the birth and rebirth of Jesus Today is the day I celebrate recognizing myself with no clothes on I have [...]
To say Ooo Or Omm or to sit in a mosque you can pray with the voice of a child There are no undertones There is only reality in the flow of the River
The reflection of the star covers the sea my soul can no longer hold the feelings I feel the boat that holds all the life vests has been lost in the deep of the night the twinkle of light will help me find the shimmering star within
The chorus is singing the Praise to the Lord I know there is ONE they praise I sense it in the web that connects the vocal chords of the children singing the Praise of God
I am here looking within there are so many windows those that are glass and those that are steel The opening to the window of my heart needs the protection of steel to protect my delicate heart and it needs the clarity of glass to let through the glow coming from my heart
They tell me to sit They tell me to light a candle burn some incense sing a chant How can I sit with this joy of God in me The candle is lit from inside The Aroma of Life
Deep in my heart there is a light deep in my soul there I see a sorrow a sorrow for having lived for a moment and then again having fallen asleep as I write the tears blur my vision just as when I breath the unpure air of this unreal world my sight is blurred [...]
How can it be to close ones eyes and wait for the familiar friend and yet the friend does not arrive The friend that has been with me since birth and even beyond Sleep is such a space I long for Space is such a friend I wait for tonight From the place above the [...]
Last night before I was falling asleep, I started imagining what if each night before I wanted to sleep I had to dismantle myself and put myself piece by piece on the bedside table;what would be left.I am not quite sure of what would be left,but let me start by the beginning of [...]
To write about death, one must first define death. Is death simply when we stop breathing or is it in fact when we stop living. I would like to acknowledge that I have experienced my own death, I do not mean an out-of-body experience, but more so, I mean an out-of-state of mind experience. Not [...]
It had been a while since i had written….. Sure I had written a few poems here and there, but nothing that FELT like ANYTHING. Until this morning when I woke up at around four am. I wanted to go back to sleep, but then i listened to my SELF and I got up and [...]
I just received the You tube link of this wonderful evening from Maitri Somaia, the director and producer of the video for this the poetry recital evening in Dubai. So many scenes come to mind, not only the beautiful comments the people made, but also the powerful looks they had supported me with during the [...]
5 LIFE LESSONS Look inside for your mirror…….From the moment we are born we are given and we are held from hand to hand and in the bosom of a few. As we grow up as a child our peers become our identity. As we go on to school, our grades show us our worth. [...]
Celebrating Peace. The International Day of Non Violence. Gandhi’s birthday. Filled with life and light. Tavalod Gandhi…..Mobarak.
”And You? When Will You Begin That Long Journey Into Yourself?” ~Rumi I and you, we have certainly at some point begun that journey, it only remains to see what we do on the way. In one of my poems called Sing The Song, I say: Sing the song that comes from within going around [...]
Somethings may not make sense to the mind, but the heart hears the scents no matter what…. I had the pleasure of meeting John Fox, and learning more about Poetic Therapy…. what an incredibly simple and wonderful idea. I hope to attend some seminars and learn more about this wonderful way of healing hearts, bodies [...]
This month one can see many moons in the sky. The holy moth of Ramadan being held and celebrated here in Abu Dhabi . For those who are Moslem and those who do not believe…. moons always show that the crescent in the sky will one day be full. Enjoy life to the fullest.
Sitting on this beautiful bridge on top of the clouds I finally realize that the bridge I’ve been looking for is not a bridge between somewhere to somewhere or no where to HERE As I sit on the bridge in the clouds I realize it is not the destination that matters it is more the [...]
(May 24th 7:15 p.m board meeting school) It was prayer time and I heard the call It was an “important” meeting with “important” people But clearly recognized that the call comes from somewhere beyond the space here From someone who is not someone and from some place that is not a place But the call [...]
I wake up from the night before I realize that I have watched Bahareh.com go through the eye of the needle and into the world of the web of internet Somehow I have given birth, but there are no post birth pains, no cramps, no blood I only have a throbbing on the tip of [...]
(After having spent the evening at Farrukh jan’s home with the family who embraced the birth of bahareh.com and we celebrated together) I have been lying asleep all my life not even a wink of an eye Asleep to the everyday birth of the grand birthday that just came and went I realize now that [...]
How did it all come to be? How did it start to breath and live and become a child that is in its last trimester of life in the womb. If I had to go back in time and write the essence of where this bird learned how to fly, I would have to go [...]
