Written On Rock Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

Written on rock

Sat to write
-write of time
-of Kabul, where I was
-and Logar, not too far
- (My savours…)
-and writing on a rock
-some order, dictator's
-carved to talk

Thoughts cloud and the fog
-leap in time; then among the people
-able and unable passing by
-hardly find among them
-those who read,
-know to write
-all stop
-sweat runs down spines
-of fear…

There sits the Emir's words

Emir is betrayer of nation
-a selfish dictator
-the dog of Britain
-has returned…
-from north; of Russia

Abdurrahman
-is a hinge and pivot, screw!
-turned after agreement
-between two empires
- (Kremlin's and London's)

Must be cook
-political recipe
- "Serve people…"
- "Their blood is drink…"

Mind clogged
-hands stopped
-thoughts vanished
-world froze

Left Iran and in mind
-memorised were the names
-relatives, relations
-in trucks in deserts and plains
-saw friends, their faces, eyes, bodies
-all covered with the dust
-in mirror my copies

Was told to meet uncle
-and cousins in Logar; Baraki-Barak

"Drink of, wash in the, and relax by River! "
-also was aware of local words
-like window and the yard, and ladder
-etc.

All set up, before pen goes to work
-watch some films, read reports,
-following the news
-feel stuck

Mostly lies
-copies of Hollywood
-brainwash
- "Make them fools and amused! "

Look to sides
-left and right
-back, front
-up and down

Squeezed I feel in glass jar
-is sealed tight; very dark
-around me are demons
-or victims of Satan

Think of then,
-the vicious dragons
-Emir and Kremlin and London
-am pickled
-spices are drugs, vinegar is blood