'(oblivion)', by Sophia Jamali Soufi

I have come late
too late …
to the place where lights
shine in no one’s name
where the sound of departure
has faded from the alleys

After a thousand windowless winters
hands still open in greeting
yet the colder world gives no reply

All the promises
one by one
turned into the snow of forgetting
on the shoulders of weary years

I come from a land
where hope, at its last breath
at its final seed
goes out

And shadows
begin to doubt the light

Welcome to the darkness
with eyes
that recall no radiance
and a name upon the lips
that no longer knows
for which voice it must live

Within me
time died
before you ever came …

Sophia Jamali Soufi was born in Rasht, Iran. She is 22 years old, a student of architecture. Since childhood, she was very interested in writing poetry and reading books. Her first book titled Sophia’s Memoirs was published last year and her second book will be published this year. Her poems have been translated into English, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Turkish, German and published in many literary magazines and websites.