Subtle

Crack open the seeds

of pomegranate stories...

their juice is subtle.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2020

The Pieta

May you feel embraced

with a love as light

as the feathers of a dove.

May your tears of crucifixion

be washed out to sea

and transformed into waves

of courage.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2020

Scarlet's Flight

Onyx black eyes

fired with purpose,

knobby claws

tucked under

for flight,

Tanager's wings

embracing the light & the dark.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2020

Hidden and Revealed

The fragrance of belonging

of being hidden

   of being revealed

the black mask

   illuminating soul

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2020

Purple Phoenix

A grotto of purple and snowy white petals

held together in prayer

A phoenix rising.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2020

My Home

Beyond how I am seen

Beyond what I see...

In the garden of my eye

there is my home.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey 2020

Blessed in the Shade

Blessed in the shade

where thoughts may cool,

and feelings find peace.

Blessed in the sunshine

where caramel and lemon-yellow feathers

know that they are loved.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey 2020

Love's Breath

Azure blue and verdant green openings,

A winged sunrise ~ in the heart

Love's breath

transforming trauma.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright © 2020

Unseen Love

With prayers in their eyes,

drawn by an unseen love,

beating wings

with everything they have...

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright ©  2020

Tai Chi Dancer

Tai chi dancer

Balancing emptiness & presence

Following the breath of an impulse

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey © 2020

Inner Oasis

An inner oasis

A blue sky smile

A far-seeing eye

A miracle 

of innocence.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2020

Sometimes We Are...

Sometimes
we are the shelter,

Sometimes
we are the lullaby,

Sometimes
we are the orange mango light
& the green reeds...

which sweeten the journey.

PhotoPoem by Akiba & Maryam Mermey copyright 2020