Kazim Ali

After I Said It

And after I said it
After I fell from the window

After I turned down the bed of history
Turned down the ocean road

Far enough down the ocean road
To dune-grasses, seagulls


In these other days
In another life

I did not say it
And in a different life

In my third life
I did not even think it

At the window
In my favorite blue shirt

Light sparkling up from the water
In my fourth life, angels

In my fifth life, windows

Kazim Ali
After I Said It appears in The Far Mosque (Alice James Books, 2005).

Poem, copyright © 2005 by Kazim Ali
Appearing on From the Fishouse with permission
Audio file, copyright © 2005, From the Fishouse

Posted on July 14, 2005 7:10 AM