By Dana
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The land where my tears fall is thundering and stormy My beautiful heart is now hard and rainy
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Sands appear like terror waves one by one My tears have turned to blood and sludge
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Oh! The bitter story of my exile have buried me alive. Friends remember the pain that awakens from me now
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Now Dana is sorry, oh GOD for she is here Now sorrow hides in me like a friend
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Nature greets spring but this is my world: The sadness and frustration fueled by
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Day and night are equally balanced, doors are walls Faces of despair, uncertain, doubt has died
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My strength yelling out from me like an army Oppressors and razors poisoned by disease
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I wish I were a child in the good world of my mother where I don’t fill with regret but love
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I wish dear Baba* for you to take my hand I wish a kiss would bloom in my heart
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I wish to turn from bitter and salt to honey like I wished the demon turn into a healer
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I wish Helsinki would be a step away from Iran I wish light would seep to my home and cellar
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I wish Dadash* would wake me up My dream is very dirty , ugly and too long now
*Baba means father in Persian. Dadash means brother.
Beautiful Dana, though the sentiments are filled with sadness, disappointment and longing. But love shines brightest through this poem, love of your family.