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“I find pieces of her
In songs, book quotes,
Even in the dismal corners
Of macabre streets
Hosting nobody except
Failed men and women”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“I was in love
With every part of her
The parts
I knew
And the parts
I didn’t”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“Throwing away
Compassion
Care
And kindness
We slowly seep
Into rotting sewers”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“Think of me lying
Next to you
In your bed
Think of me when you drink
Your warm coffee
Think of me
When you read kind
Romantic words
Think of me in every love scene
You watch in a movie
Think of me when you cry
And think of me
When you write”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“I traverse the seasons in search of the heart’s desires
And carry with me the flame
Of undying love”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“Now
Even the best pages
End
In dust”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“Tonight I will sleep in my bed
Knowing she has landed
Somewhere far from here
But in my mind
We are still sitting in that small cocktail booth
My hand holding hers
Our hearts connected
And me
Whispering
In her ear:
Wherever
You
Go,
Go
With all
Your heart”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“If there ever was
A better love
Than this
Then I do not wish
To find it”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
tags: love
“Through drunken holiness
I still heard your voice”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“I look into your heart
And burdening past
Like sweet sunshine
Reflected on the morning drops
Of dew”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“Let me feel
The beating of your heart
So that I
May feel again”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“Darling,
Never trust the words of a poet
But hold onto his heart
As he holds onto yours”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“And I’d like to think
She’ll be holding my hand again
And whispering to me:
It’s a
Long
Life,
We’re
Not
Done
Yet”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“Darling,
I am an insane poet
I could have killed
For much less
Than this;
But instead
I chose
To write
This poem”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“Love is the small repetitive kisses
I drew all over you face
While your cold hands
Found refuge in mine”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“The verses are eternal, darling,
But I am not”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
“Forced words
Are as sinful
As the next thing
But it is either that
Or losing my mind”
Hanna Abi Akl, Diary in Poems
tags: mind, words