Her name,
Farideh Beiram (Rokhvand)

Her fame,
My Childhood Teacher

Her pedagogy,
Our hearts together and all that I have to give

My end of the school year evaluation of our teacher,
Sr. Farideh, her kind of love for us, rare

Last night
after exiting a bus
I thought of you, teacher
and your rare pedagogy
describing it as
A blue diamond kind of care

When I looked up to say salaam and thank you,
there you were
Blue Diamond
in your color and in your shape
sitting next to the moon

A mother's & a teacher's
conscious, caring, confirmation
never far away

May you be resting in eternal peace
Insha Allah,
I'll never forget you,
Sr. Farideh

Your children tell me
that you're far from far away
I see them
and they tell me
that you and your teachings
are never far away

I tell myself
that you're far from far away
I see me
and I tell myself
that you and your teachings
are never far away

Blue Diamond
in all your different shades
Like the amazing humanitarian, human rights activist, and leader, Malcolm X, you revered
martyred on 2/21/1965,
may your spectrum of good Adab
continue to glitter
and be royalty
forever,
richly alive

By: Najwa Kareem

Written 2/16/24