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Letter 19 QUOTES

Letter 19 QUOTES

1 " Yet I stand, my back is arched
Frederick Chopin, Funeral March
Hands on the clock, they stop

They wave, they smile and say my time is up "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

2 " I am the sun
I am the sea
I am the one
By infinity

I am the spark
I am the light
I am the dark
And I am the night

I am Iran
I am Xerxes
I am Zal’s son
And I am a beast

I am God’s own
Emissary
Colour my heart
Red, white and green

I am Ferdowsi
I am Hafez
I am Saadi
Rolled all in one breath

Ibn Sina
Omar Khayyam
Look at me now
Bundled in one

I am the present
I am the past
I am the future
My presence will last

I am Ismail
My soul is unleashed
‘Till the day at least
The sun sets in the east "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

3 " I’m searching for answers Great Viceroy so give it to me. Quench my thirst, let me whirl like a drunk Sufi. "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

4 " And out my cup,
life keeps pouring out, it never stops —
Like the autumn leaves;
breath by breath, they're falling off. "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

5 " And, it’s crazy how a golden stone, God’s own honeycomb,
flung above, sprung of love
has put the stars at ease —
The truth's revealed! "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

6 " A book of verses, a jug of wine, a loaf of bread, now that’s divine.
The Rubaiyat, no longer an afterthought, I see the light! "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

7 " A minute these days feels like an eternity
Dreams are hard to trace, cryptocurrencies

No sense
Nobody gives two fucks today
Devil grins
Say hello to our folks today "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

8 " i don’t care what you see, or what you say.
path of love’s a pipe dream anyway.
my daimon turns demon from today
now i want the glory and finer things.

sell my soul, the owner, the highest bid
reap the things you sow, i’m a change my ways.
now watch me transform to a higher place
your love’s a thorn, the roses now decay.

so i—
sign on the dotted line
Satan’s paper signed
Lucifer’s bonfire warming up my desire

i want the vanity —
i want the money, the women
this is the bourgeoise rhapsody "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

9 " I’m the flame and smoke
My soul’s about to ash
My heart stone cold
Blacker than coal
Thick as a gash

I put the blame behold
On the one who asks
Sell your soul for buckets of dough
C-notes and cash

I failed to feel the touch
Of an honest hand —
My skin it grows old embezzled with gold
Trembling sand

So I ask myself —
Do I make a stand with the one,
who guarantees a path to the promised land? "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

10 " My current state of mind is detrimental to my temple.
The devil’s left me blind, leaving my soul, a little resentful. "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

11 " And I'm on the cusp — might flip and switch any minute.
Thrust myself to the dark side ‘cause I've reached my limit.
Can no longer stand the murders and the deception;
Time is running slim for a divine intervention. "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

12 " The pen, a feather plucked out of an angel's wings "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

13 " We tangoed every night, while I was blinded by the scent of you, I’m Frankie Slade, shoot my head, you held me back. "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

14 " These men mislead fools or misled fools themselves.
I rather take 12 breaths
and rely on my common sense. "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

15 " I’ve got a sweet tooth and you are my remedy
I’ve got a game that’s sort of like a parody
You be the Marilyn and I’ll be the Kennedy
We can kiss till our minds reach ecstasy
Stay up until sunrise and make love recklessly "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

16 " Boiling point. Voice it roars
Running down memory's corridor
Life's a game, it ends one day

And everything's fair in love and war "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

17 " Fear of death. Buried deep
Living inside of me

Reaper never knocks more than once
That thump is scaring me

Pulmonary veins
They're suddenly filled with ecstasy
Sing and dance in praise
I hope it's God that's sent for me "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

18 " your world has managed
to bring out the worst in me
no whirls and no swerves
and no dance of ecstasy
i am not buying
your deeds Mr. Mowlavi
stop with the preaching, they’re not getting through to me! "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

19 " We were so good, playing the blame game
Now we both lose, playing the love game. "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19

20 " Pangea split so now we're filled in a fit of pique.
We brim with lust, spirit willing, but the flesh is weak.
Consumed by greed, shoving everything down our throat.
Sloth a cottonseed, weaving us, we are a coat.
Zeal reveals our hearts conceal a deep and endless pit.
Grudge we hold against the world, she owes us every bit.
Iblis sees humanity's impending aftermath.
So now my friend, a gift he gives, its ink is wrath. "

― Soroosh Shahrivar , Letter 19