Lash of Time

Aug 6, 2025

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Updated: Dec 10, 2025

Photo of a young woman rushing past the reflected image of an elderly woman in a window, symbolizing the fear of aging, time’s pressure, and the poem’s question: “Why am I rushing?”

Why am I rushing... driven even in my sleep? The sting of time moves me into a future Where I’ll become an old crone bent like an angle iron precariously toddling around with a toothless smile in half-dream mazes of past memories. Why am I rushing?

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Photo of a man sitting on the edge of a bed at dawn, staring toward a window with curtains blowing inward, symbolizing awakening, lingering fear, and the shift from night to morning in the poem “Rising.”

Rising

Close-up of a dried flower suspended in midair with exposed roots and drifting water droplets, symbolizing uprooting, cultural disconnection, and the longing for reconnection expressed in the poem “State of the Union.”

State of the Union (pulling roots)

Photo of a bluebird in mid-flight with wings spread against a clear sky, symbolizing fragile freedom, broken attempts to escape, and the emotional themes of the poem “Broken Wing.”

Broken Wing

Ayo Oum Shanti

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