Sophia Armen: soorj and silva

daughter of armenia
daughter of iran
you can’t have known what you have give me

offerings of coffee
offerings of warm bread
you can’t have known what you have given me

use 50% of heart
You said
in love,
50% of head

You can’t have known what you’ve given me
in the city that hums

daughter of paklava
brings halt a daughter’s roam
in my arabica-black eyes
you have known

surrounded i’m alone

one scoop of powder
one of cardamom
you can’t have known what you have given me

you have given me home


Sophia Armen's poem appeared in The Markaz Review in 2022