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By Mo Hamoudi
Associate

A Tercet in Five Parts

He

He stands unseen in the shade.
A name with no voice
His truth, silent, in the mediate.

She

She walks alone on a trail unknown
Her plea to the garden
Her cry to the tundra, all unheard

They

They wander too – they the forgotten
A single chorus, harmony abound
Dear vastness, pledge their existence

Them

It is them in the corners of their eyes
It is them embraced by their presence
In their silence, a quiet cry lies

The others

I was unaware I was your other
Aware that I sought to blend my all, my realm
For my safety, place, as ever I extend

About the Author
I am Irani-Iraqi and grew up in Tehran.  Iran was in a middle of a war with Iraq.  Our city was bombed at night. My mom was scared that I would be sent off to fight in the war like other children my age.  She was scared that we would die.  She decided that we needed to leave our homeland.