17.04.2024
the three dance in the water
around me
as it boils
the three dance in the water
around me
as it freezes
one clutches at the other
one whispers in the water
one she scatters liquid light
in their forms the foamy sun rises
with Aphrodite’s glamour
I the eye
I watch the water
and the water’s dance
and in it
I see the smile of Aphrodite
gliding towards me
like the dagger true
So this is the photograph I took. And this is the picture I made. This is the difference between my photographer’s eye and my digital art eye. The picture I made has become about The Three. The stars around which my planet is orbiting now. Two of them might already be gone. Maybe all of them will go. Man stands alone in the world.
in the love of the world
in the desert of the world
there is an oasis
the water is cool and fragrant
the water is the kiss of a mother
it takes the thirst of the desert
and by it
grows one lone tree
which casts a shade
which cools the water
which touches the heavens
Just to hold her hand once. To kiss it. And to put my palm against hers.
I am listening to Arabic music instrumentals on Spotify as I write. The sound is melancholic.
In a moment, I will get up and shave off this beard from my face. I want to give up. But tomorrow, I will see her again. Tomorrow is another day. Tomorrow, the Tiger will still be the Tiger. Tomorrow, the hero in love will still be the hero. If you have loved, never fear. If you have loved, you can lose everything. But you cannot lose your courage.
phenka humne phool
i cast a flower
Uskein taraf
towards her
Us mein dil tha humara
within it was my heart
phenka humne phool
i cast a flower
jis mein chehra tha uska
within it was her face
phool ne kata humein
the flower cut me
koi shikayat nahein
there is no complaint
phenka humne phool
i cast a flower
uskein taraf
towards her
usmein jaan thi humare
within it was my life
Ukrainian women are exceedingly beautiful. I talked to one today. No one knows my type. I don’t tell people.
It was a moonlight night. I was in the country of the Arabs. I was in pain. There was the water. The stars glided across the water, the lights of the night. In the crowd, I saw a beauty from the heavens, an angel. She had forgotten her way and come to earth. She walked towards me. And then? She walked towards the boat on the water. I watched her going. My heart was breaking. In the beautiful night, the invisible rain of tears knitted themselves into the fabric of the sky. She walked away, I sighed. She walked away, I was flooded with melancholy. Across the water, I watched the boat depart. That moment is caught in my mind. It was Her. It was She. I watched my life walk away from me. And I stood there like a corpse, sighing into the windless sky.