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SUMMER 2024THE SEASON I’M INRAANAH AMJADI

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THE SEASON I’M INLet Life playIf you seek TruthDon’t fearThere’s no meWe don’t humble ourselvesI feel so far awaySpirit and bodyThe scent of the seasonSee how the river flows The warmth you feelLoverboySyrup down your chinOh LoverboyI love a beautiful houseOur goalHayedeh is the sound1456791013141617181920222324

What I think we lovedNo matter8/8Life decidedFor all who loudlyThe world is fullLove sitsWe said I love youOnly loveThings have been breaking225293032343537383940

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4Let Life play to your sensesallow it to court you once moredraw you into a romance with the Earth againremind yourself what we’re fighting forLET LIFE PLAY

5If you seek Truthreturn to the sensation of Lifefor the One speaks to us in subtletiesin the embodied essencesthe heat of your breaththe rhythm of a wavethe sound of a bird singing to itselfor maybe to its lovereither wayit is just as beautifulIF YOU SEEK TRUTH

6Don’t fear the little and big ruptures of Lifethey create space for the new best managed open and receiving let Life bring more Beauty and Truthfor these are its very natureLove through and throughDON’T FEAR

7There’s no methere’s no youit’s just Truth passing throughTHERE’S NO ME

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9We don’t humble ourselves before the Earth anymorekneel before her majestytill your knees get soretouch your forehead to her feetweep till you find relieflet your tears replenish the waters that birthed youWE DON’T HUMBLE OURSELVES

10I feel so far away from YouI keep trying to find Youin the places You used to be the weedthe mushroomsthe meditation roomdown on my kneesbut all those spaces and placesleave me wantingwaitingfor a voice that never comes For a flow that never picks me upI FEEL SO FAR AWAY

11Must I wait for the fall windsto fan the flames of this inner fire?what if I light this match— will You take me higher?show me those visions in the smoke againplease, I beg You!the joint is running outand time is running thinHonor it and it will honor youoh, yesI remembermy Lover is shrewdShe knows when I reach for her

12just to soothe my own sorrowshe shuts downpulls backtry again tomorrowMy Love, I’m sorry!I just miss having you nearplease whisper those sweet everything’sinto my earI need the warmth of your breath on my neckbecause these shivers don’t feel the same

13Spirit and Body have been speaking together for longer than Ego has had the words to assert itselfSPIRIT AND BODY

14The scent of the seasonis sweatand wetthe smell of each otherin the summer sunTHE SCENT OF THE SEASON

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16See how the river flows wrapping around the mountainmolding and cutting him into shapeLife blossoming from the sweat in the nape of her neck and the dip of her backhe stands talland she whisperscan I help you with that?SEE HOW THE RIVER FLOWS

17This warmth you feel now in your heartand between your legsis yoursyou’re falling in lovewith your ownblossomingTHIS WARMTH YOU FEEL

18Loverboy,you look at mewith hungry eyesand something in me breakslooseferal and freeyou feel like an exhaleeasy but deepLoverboymy cup of teaLOVERBOY

19Syrup down your chinsticky like molasses pomegranate sweet lingering in the windof your breath after you eat two fingers dipped in meSYRUP DOWN YOUR CHIN

20Oh Loverboy,don’t get scaredI can’t help when the light wakes up behind my eyesjust enjoy the glowI’ll go slowI promise(I won’t)OH LOVERBOY

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22I love a beautiful house of worshipthe majesty that stands bold before you calling you to tilt your head up towards the heavensmarvel at the genius of men in ambition and the women who taught themhow to follow the curvethe intimate bend of Divinity I LOVE A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE

23Our goal is not to be the samebut to be in harmonyto find beauty and balanceholding different notes in the melodybut I cannot make music with you if you refuse to sing the same songsof Love and FreedomOUR GOAL

24Hayedeh is the sound of my grandmother’s soulthe parts of her I never got to knowher music transcendsbendsdistorts timein an instant I see her facehands stretched out towards mineshoulders and eyebrows doing most of the signingHAYEDEH IS THE SOUND

25What I think we loved most about religionwas the call of the Divinethe musicthe melodythe sound that tunes your mind to Love and Goodnesshow beautiful to have so many songsIn this I see our truest Natureour blossoming into these bodiesbeings who create artto express the Soul’s yearningsSensual beings of sight and soundWHAT I THINK WE LOVED

26hungryinsatiabledesires aboundbut we’ve forgotten the hands that feed usthat have always fed usOh, great Mother!Oh, great mothers!we hear your songs and rememberthat closer to freedom are wewhen we love without conditionand bring Life into harmonyBut it’s easier to harmonize in proximityso let’s huddle for warmthincrease the mass of our bodiesmake Life bend to the gravityof our Love

27Dear friends,lock armswiden your stancebrace yourself for the will of the Alllift your face to answer the callMay we sing a beautiful melody together

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No matter how much we try to separate ourselvesto cut ourselves off in a festering shamewe can never be apart from the beauty of our true Natureof our greater Naturethat is the mercy of the One29NO MATTER

308/8I’m told today is a special day a gatea portal guarded by lions Protection, ascension call in your highest vision! manifest, meditate bring your hopes to fruition!What does it meanif all I can dois cryand clean?8/8

31try to scrub the grease of a genocidethat coats my mindand dirties my screenMaybe the salt in my tears will help clean this filthmaybe they’re medicineantiseptic for this genuinediseaseOh, lion women of past and present!Oh, guardians at the gate!open the doorand set us free

32Life decided now is the timefor Truth to step forward and remove her veilFor years we prayedpromisedpleaded to no availto see her beautyNow Life deems us worthy to gaze upon her facewhich glows like the moonilluminated with gracereflecting the one true sunLIFE DECIDED

33Truth is a generous loverall you need to do is fix your gazelock eyessays your vowsdeepen your embraceshe will do the rest See Truthand only Truthlook upon her faceher beauty resurrectsand devastates

34For all who loudly denied the Truthrefused humanitydebated generations of testimonyto defend this murderous regimewhere is your humility to say I see it nowand I do not stand by thiswe need healing nowand I will fight for this Tell me,do you see what we see?FOR ALL WHO LOUDLY

35The world is full of griefdestructionrageand yet my heart floatsin this wayI’ve been saveda grace to know Lovecan still find its wayWhat a bizarre feelingto be falling in love at the end of the worldTHE WORLD IS FULL

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37Love sits behind the window of your eyesonly to find itself peering backLOVE SITS

38We said I love you for the first timewith knowing smilesand overcome sighshearts that shake under the weightwhat do we do with all this feeling?give it to the eyesthey’ve been holding it all this timeWE SAID I LOVE YOU

39Only Love can cast light where the sun can’t reachrestore the sparkthe glimmerthe smile to your speechbrighten your beingan undeniable glowLove illuminatesand this is how I knowGod is LoveONLY LOVE

40Things have been breaking all around methe cardishmirrorTVI know you bitches be cheshm-ing mebut jokes on youmy home protects meTHINGS HAVE BEEN BREAKING

Hellothis is my facethese are my wordsI hope you liked them be well and freeRaanah Amjadi41

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