This is an ode to life.
The anthem of the world.
For as there are billions
of different stars that
make up the sky
so, too, are there billions
of different humans that
make up the Earth.
Some shine brighter
but all are made of
the same cosmic dust.
O the joy of being
in life with all these people!
I speak of differences
because they are there.
Like the different organs
that make up our bodies.
Earth, itself, is one large body.
Listen to how it howls
when one human is
in misery.
When one kills another, the
Earth feels the pang in its
chest. When one orgasms,
the Earth craves a cigarette.
Look carefully,
these animals are
beauty spots that make the
Earth’s face lovelier
and more loveable.
These oceans are the Earth’s
limpid eyes. These trees, its hair.
This is an ode to life.
The anthem of the world.
I will no longer speak of
differences, for the similarities
are larger.
Look even closer. There may be
distances between our limbs but
there are no spaces between
our hearts. We long to be one.
We long to be in nature and
to run wild with its wildlife.
Let us celebrate life and living,
for it is sacrilegious
to be ungrateful.
Let us play and be playful,
for it is sacrilegious
to be serious.
Let us celebrate imperfections
and make existence
proud of us, for tomorrow is
death, and this is an ode to life.
The anthem of the world.


Kamand Kojouri

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You just wait.
Soon,
lovers all over the world
will be reciting poems
dedicate...
KAMAND KOJOURI
You are my favourite part of life.
KAMAND KOJOURI
How is it possible, you ask, for love to be greater than the person who does the loving? That’s be...
KAMAND KOJOURI
I write because the security of your love allows me to develop my craft without concerning myself wi...
KAMAND KOJOURI
Why this candle?
Why this cake?
The day of my birth
is not today.
I was born KAMAND KOJOURI
We start a relationship with someone not only because of how great they are but how great they make ...
KAMAND KOJOURI
Being deeply, passionately, and intensely in love is being deeply, passionately, and intensely in li...
KAMAND KOJOURI
I’m a winner because I always bet on you.
KAMAND KOJOURI
Speak to me: I will spend my lifetime trying to understand you.
KAMAND KOJOURI
How is it
that there was never you
until there was
and then all was you?
KAMAND KOJOURI
I came to
pen another poem for you,
but even every unwritten poem
is you.
KAMAND KOJOURI
If love weighs you down
and casts a shadow on your life
then it isn’t love.
Love KAMAND KOJOURI
I will drive the world crazy
with love poems for you.
So they can know how magnificent you...
KAMAND KOJOURI
I fell in love
and then
I became
love.
KAMAND KOJOURI
Love, they said, burns you
and builds you.
But with you,
there’s no ash.
Just...
KAMAND KOJOURI
All I need to do
is place my pen against paper
and your love
writes for me.
KAMAND KOJOURI
Let us remember to
always rediscover one another
because we are
forever changing.
KAMAND KOJOURI
Of course, I am religious.
I worship love.
KAMAND KOJOURI
My love,
you are driving the entire world mad.
The nightingales are committing suicide <...
KAMAND KOJOURI
I remember our childhood days
when life was easy
and math problems hard.
Mom would he...
KAMAND KOJOURI
I don’t mind losing
in this game of love,
if it means You
will be the winner.
KAMAND KOJOURI
Everywhere I go,
your beauty spills
into my day.
The trees were
never this v...
KAMAND KOJOURI
I love you.
I love you a thousand times.
I love you an irrational number.
And I will...
KAMAND KOJOURI
I never wanted to be a martyr—even for love. I don’t want to die for love. I want to live for it...
KAMAND KOJOURI
May we always be burdened with thinking of the suffering of others, for that is what it means to be ...
KAMAND KOJOURI
Forgiveness is a transformative act because it asks you to be a more empathetic and compassionate pe...
KAMAND KOJOURI
Don't let a cruel word escape your mouth. There's no greater sin than breaking a heart.
KAMAND KOJOURI
Classical music is the best, and cheapest, mind-altering drug in the world.
KAMAND KOJOURI
Because even if you spend your life chasing the immaterial, listening to the most exquisite classica...
KAMAND KOJOURI
A spark
of every fire we seek
is already within us.
KAMAND KOJOURI
Usually, when I dream of flying
I am simply flapping my arms
and somehow I lift off and ...
KAMAND KOJOURI
My love,
we can close our eyes
but we cannot stop the sunrise.
KAMAND KOJOURI
It doesn’t matter whether you are looking for a reason to be happy or sad, you will always find it...
KAMAND KOJOURI
Extremities are flawed.
Moderation is ideal, save for one occasion.
So damn these eyes th...
KAMAND KOJOURI
I have died at the ripe age of twenty.
Smile, for the world didn't get a chance to disappoint m...
KAMAND KOJOURI
Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge.
Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat.
P...
KAMAND KOJOURI