Lord's Prayer Poem by Baharak Barzin

from the first breath, I felt you inside
i remember the blast and sigh of my mother

i know how persistent I was
to descend here and I regret nothing

so many springs have passed
with joy and grief, gains and pains

less tears but laughter
from happiness and ignorance

i saw you in the sky among your stars
i saw you under ground in the hands of my old cat

i cried and there were no hands to clean up my tears, but your mighty hands

i feared and there was no one to cheer me, but your steady soul, confined in me

there were days when I felt you forgot me?
so fool I been
and I have nothing to say but giving you these words

there were men and I fell for them, on this greedy ground
 
but before the fall, I remember I was in love with a mighty soul

i could not see you there, then i started seeking for you on soils and grass

would you forgive me?
how can eyes see the ball?
how can air breathe?

are these silly excuses?
i lost you in the moments in between
but you never lose me

life still calls me
light up the path
may you, remain my only one, forever and the day