I loved you for just one more night
You came in that dream after our journey
–the long one
A path to freedom
It is Ayatollah Khomeini’s early days. Marina Nemat is only 16 when they arrest her, after leading a strike in high school. Sent to prison, she is tortured, and sentenced to death. The sentence is then changed for life imprisonment. The payment is to marry her interrogator, lose her catholic…
Perplexity all over
Amelia runs through the labyrinth inside the secret room 1101 behind her eyelids, where memories are allowed, desires are contained, possibilities forbidden. Perplexity all over. The threat: Three bewildered cats danced around Amelia The range: Close encounter within a confined space The place: Not here, not there –not anymore The…
Silver with a dash of blue
One moonless night, he came to my window and sang a spellbinding song […]
Who will whisper to you?
The other day, I was having a drink with friends (after a professional women networking event) and the topic of Valentine’s day popped up.
A flowy passage
Amelia looks at the water where moonlight transmutes into a flowy passage. She wonders how it would be to walk such path. Would it free her? Would it liberate all fears? She imagines fears released and flying away like colourful butterflies. Amelia observes the night, the fluttery rainbow leaving her…