The Mediterranean Waves Anthology
Bilal Al Masri It’s not me Nihility has no shadow that I follow it Your voice which amazes me I do not hear it The one who is standing between your hands If all the trees flowered If all the women delayed their autumn
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Your favors would not be of any benefit to him Your voice that worries me I do not hear I am not the mount to send it back to you Nor am I the abyss to pass me by Without falling Inflict me so I may know your heart in my time The one who stands there is a mirage The one who sits here is not me I do not know where I am present or absent
June 2021. The Silk Road Literature Series