Category: poetry

He saw everything in the broad-boned earth And knew what there was to be known. Who had experienced what there was And had become familiar with all things- He to whom wisdom clung like a cloak And who dwelt together with Existence in harmony” Gilgamesh

Rainy days of May Abruptly they come so gay an undetected feeling of nostalgia to something that never been and never will. a longing to be home in the womb of God. to reunite with the creator one. The rain drizzling softly, whispering promises for the future. the birds chirp so lively Oh! the sound… Continue reading Rainy May

The size of the loss revealed itself during a conversation, in which it was also revealed that so many Arab TV shows are not available in English, making them inaccessible to non-Arabic speakers. This sense of loss was aggravated by the knowledge that one show by the great director Mamdoh Hamade (ممدوح حمادة) called “Bags… Continue reading baggage of loss and hope

after a sudden change in heart there is anticipation for regressing to despondency because that is the way it has been.  

Morning The dew softened the leaves the green foliage gave a sense of comfort I went outside to pick oranges for breakfast my heart filled with joy and anticipation. I did not pray in the morning it was too cold for ablution. I started praying last year. Alhamdullilah. The ship in its locus, in the… Continue reading Life

I thought of it once she said i paused swallowed my incendiary pride what if this thought became a reality? morphed and jumbled to this nugget of possibility and willing to manifest itself in reality, no longer a passing dream. it would be pitiful i tell you “on a rainy day in A-town a woman swallows… Continue reading At the purgatory, I landed

I find that life is truly amazing when contemplating the difference between the way i look at things in life comparing to yesterday[as in the past]. I lived temporarily. I used to plan every single day, so i can make the most of it. Planning is tiring and not very efficient because it deprives a great… Continue reading The unnoticed beauty

Some infinities are bigger than other infinities* and some beauties are prettier than others.   The Beauty of love, and compassion. the beauty of family and holidays the beauty of Fairuz in the morning. Another kind of beauty is the unnoticed beauty- like the smell of the rain while you’re rushing to class the chirps… Continue reading Different kinds of beauty