by Nazanin Noori

LAMENTATION 1 2

TO THOSE WHO SEEK FOR POWER
AND THOSE WHO SEEK FOR SEEKING.
TO THE SON OF GOD AND THOSE
WHO SEEK FOR THE SON OF GOD SEEKING.

HEAR MY BREATH STRIVING.

(OUR FIRST YEAR HAS BEGUN)

FROM THE CALLUS OF YOUR FOREHEAD
TO YOUR STONE HEART STRIKING.

(OUR FIRST YEAR OF MOURNING HAS)

FOR THE TONGUES OF DYING MEN THAT HAVE BEEN SHUT,
HEAR ME.

(THE MOURNING HAS BEGUN)

FOR THEIR WORDS THAT HAVE BEEN BURIED,
HEAR ME.

(WE ARE IN OUR FIRST YEAR)

FOR THEIR CHILDREN THAT HAVE MATURED IN A SECOND,
HEAR ME.

(MOURNING ON)

FOR AN OUTSIDE WORLD,
HEAR ME NOT.

(MOURNING OFF)

THEIR YOUTH IS UNSTEADY LIKE HARMONY DEEP.

(OUR FIRST YEAR IS NOW)

IN AN ATTEMPT OF DEFENDING THEM,
I LOST.

(OUR FIRST YEAR WAS OFF)

MY BLACK VEIL WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME.

(OF MOURNING AND)

THEY ARE DENYING MY GRIEF.

(MY FIRST YEAR IS YOU)

THEY ARE GONE AND I AM CRYING
FOR MYSELF THAT IS WITHOUT THEM.

(I WAS)

FOR THEIR HEAVY HEARTED HEAVY HOMES.

(I WAS)

FOR THEIR HEAVY HEARTED HEAVY FEET.

(I WAS)

FOR THEIR HEAVY HEARTED HEAVY HOMES
THAT MADE THEM HEAVY HEARTED HEAVY SWEET.

(THE PAST YEARS WERE NOT FIRST)

I DID CRY.

(YOU WERE)

AND STILL.

(I WAS)

IT IS THAT
I MISS YOU.

(NO MORE)

AND I MISS YOU.

(YOU ARE)

AND I MISS YOU.

(NO MORE)

AND I MISS YOU.

(YOU ARE)

AND I MISS YOU.

(NO MORE)

AND I MISS YOU.

AND I MISS YOU.

AND I MISS YOU.

AND I MISS YOU.

(ON AND OFF)