What I find deeply disconcerting about science is its will to reduce everything it touches into the realm of knowledge — i.e. utilitarian — thus dispelling existence of every shade of mystery. In such an atmosphere that is deeply antagonistic to poetry I find myself suffocating and unable to tolerate life. The good news is that this endeavour of science is futile, in that it is impossible to reduce everything into the realm of knowledge; the unknown remains, and the shade of mystery cannot be dispelled; poetry cannot be vanquished. The bad news is that science may well destroy life and the world before coming to this conclusion and admitting its childish aspirations. The link between poetry, mystery, and ecology is unmistakable. It is what we hope will one day bring science to its senses, making it aware of its own limitations. Hopefully that day won’t be too long in the future.
Month: January 2021
Reading a Good Book
The phrases of the book
like twigs twist and turn in every direction,
and soon I am walking a thick forest
with no thought of return,
to find a cabin in a sunlit clearing
and live in it for a while.
But the book ends
as every journey must,
yet, leaving its forest,
I carry it with me,
feeling its sap of words
flowing through my veins,
and growing, silently,
for many months and years
new leaves of meaning.
Wandering Thought # 101
We all coexist with the idea that the people we love might disappear at any moment, though this idea, in the every day life, only occupies the fringes of our minds. But when someone you love has cancer, the idea becomes central, and it moves to occupy the entire space. Managing your emotions while going through this is one of the hardest things a human being has to do.
Haiku # 688
This life is a journey
with footsteps lost
in winter snow
~
Winter night
with the fire of a book
I warm my heart
~
Like rivers in the night
his words travel
the curves of her skin
~
حبرُ كلِماتي
بذورٌ أزرعها
في تربةِ بشرتها
~
الشمسُ على بشَرِتِكِ
في فَمي تذوبْ
كخَمرٍ عُمرُهُ ألفَ عامْ
~
Like snow unmarred
the poem
I do not dare to write
~
Heavy rain…
my heart is just a window
on a sunlit plane
Haiku # 687
وضعت فمي على فمها
كأني بين شفتيها وجدت
مهد الشعر والنبيذ
~
نمش بشرتها
الخريطة التي بها
أعبر الى النجوم
~
أبدأ نهاري
وأنا أرتشف الدفىء
من شفتيك
~
كالثلج الأبيض
يستقر العمر
في شعري
Like white snow
age settles
on my hair
~
Tea on a cold night
finishing a book
and starting another
Wandering Thought # 100
The years move on, and the things which seemed so important become trivial; time and loss have a way of distilling life to its essence. The years move on, what remains now are the simple things that were there all along, waiting in the quiet. The years move on, and we start making friends with our own disappearance; how well can we dance the dance before saying goodbye?
Rooted in Love 