Illustration by Mel Wang
If you return from the distant seas
to the isle of my solitude
I will break the clock and the compass
before your feet
and burn your wet boat
on the wood of its oars.
You, half woman, half fish
your glittering eyes
revive in my mind
the memory of rainsoaked grass in July
You make me think
that love is something as sublime as a star
in the years before astronomy.
Lida (BC'23 she/her/hers) is a psychology and education major from Houston, Texas. Writing poetry is a way for her to connect with her Iranian culture and explore new creative boundaries in both Persian and English.