Kamand Kojouri

may we continue to drop our masks 
& unlearn our selves, to seek 
softness & grace, never to yield 
unless to beauty, to truth, to light 
like a flower. may we learn peace from 
trees & play from wild animals. may 
we belong to ourselves, & ourselves 
alone, & build communities where 
every woman is free, where we help 
one another & share with each other 
out of duty of compassion, out of love. 
may we end genocides everywhere 
& needless famine. may we remember 
we are guests in this world & our 
purpose is to walk each other home.

Kamand Kojouri