that دار

one year of many deaths; remembering / who will fight when we're all gone?

Photogram 1 (Darian Radar, 2023)

What does it mean		“Death”  How is it
to walk there			      that dark place
that دار							                    .


With which words		can boy	
barely man
begin to know				that room
that دار							                   .

Oh 				How it means
to last there				and vanish
that دار							                   .

Those Deaths not mine
but their shadow			quivers
in my candle				lit
quarters				                                           .

Those Deaths are ours	are the fine matter
on which 			                    our solitude
we lay							                   .

Our Deaths			      repeat
are					repetitive
again
alive forever						                   .

The heart of which		is not large
if not for 		       mother’s scream 
or father’s tear
that دار							                   .	

Feet kicking				        bellies pooled
nails claw the cord		What does it mean
“Death”				or to walk into 
dark
that دار							                   . 

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