Hate Is A Plant Poem by Nassy Fesharaki

Hate is a plant

Distances are too long for turtle
-keep walking for ever and ever
-stop; eat, go again, take shelter,

Where to? Why?
-let's ignore
-just go, go

Life can be very long
-centuries
-just go, go

That is when living life of turtle
-same is with fish in pond and or worm

But not birds'
-not eagle's nor condor's

Not even a seagull's!
-nor crow's…

Birds die for freedom
-when in egg feel as dead
-same with cage
-they leave soon
-soon after egg is hatched
-and feathers in place

Maps vary
-beaches curve, rivers turn
-heights grow, valleys purr
-If one is in sky

"For every single killed…" Baluch said
- (I lived there, among them, for a year)
-"…we kill ten…of their men! "
-a Baluch may ignore peaceful life
-astray, may keep run, in caves hide
-to put end to revenge with success; dead, alive

Therefore sir, sniper, the coward…
-…you who kills in hiding…long distance
-…wet your pants observing the brave enemy…
-…will die with PTSD…afraid that may be seen…