QUESTIONS

our children
mirror us.
Showing
the fault lines
in our souls:
the razor's edge,
the rose's thorns,
the ocean's majesty
and treachery.
the dark side,
the light side,
the shadows,
the hopes,
the fears,
the promises,
the tenderness,
and the hardness,
the questions,
the questions,
the questions.

Majid Tehranian
Los Angeles
October 3, 1997