Epigraph:
And in the hollow of my ink-stained palms
swallows will make their nest.
‘Reborn’, Forugh Farrokhzad
translated from the Farsi by Sholeh Wolpé
Author's note: This is part of a series of ekphrastic poems presented alongside ‘Hyphenated’ at The Substation. ‘Seeking Heaven’ responds to Sofi Basseghi’s ‘Elusive Paradise’.