(To my little girl, Daddy just asks that you don't grow up too fast -okay?)
Puzzled, she looks into his eyes, asking why not,
her youth still with her, sabotaging her seriousness.
Thoughts meandering through his mind of her yet still ponder,
an ally for now, time’s treaty is binding to none.
Knowing the hardest thing will soon come, he cradles each day,
as he slowly gives her away to the world…
--Written 27 August 2013 at North KAIA -Kabul, Afghanistan (North Kabul International Airport)
Vestiges of the scent of love still linger,
mixing in with my memories of the smell of your perfume.
Those sad love words for so long in me lived without meaning,
once empty, they now lay heavy in chords of melodic pain.
Flowing in and out through the air now faint as a shadow’s whisper,
leaving me consumed and alone, and still bearing my lost heart.
- Written in North KAIA KAbul, Afghanistan Jan 2014
The sky has lost its bluish hue,
it's gone from bright to dark
The moon and stars arrive in view,
to light a sky once stark
I watch the sky from where I am,
my thoughts begin to stray
I know my sky is what you see,
though you're so far away
My stars you view so infinite,
their schemes you also see
I'm ailed you see my "man in moon",
much more than you see me
My heart stays heavy, as we’re together,
as often as moons are blue
Though far apart, at least I share,
my nightly sky with you
- Written 22 October 2013 at North KAIA -Kabul, Afghanistan (North Kabul International Airport)