Ahmed Tariq

“There is a kind of bravery to our condition, I reckon: brought into being without an explanation, in a potentially infinite and apparently dead universe, and expected to just get on with it as though nothing strange is going on. Well it fucking is. And it's all right to have a meltdown about the whole affair from time to time, faced with the pressures of modern existence, trying to be a good human and a good worker and a good son/daughter/parent, trying to be a good citizen, trying to be wise without condescension but uninhibited without recklessness, trying to just muddle through without making any silly decisions, trying to align with the correct political opinions, trying to stay thin, trying to be attractive, trying to be smart, trying to find the ideal partner, trying to stay financially secure, trying to just find some modest corner of meaning and belonging and sanity to go and sit in, and all the while living on the edge of dying forever.”
― Exurb1a, The Prince of Milk

“Most humans were not malicious, only drastically misguided and desperate in their loneliness. They learned at some point that there was an eccentric core to their personality and that it was possible no one else shared their own brand of eccentricity. They put up screens around that core to shield from embarrassment and shame. For all the pompous forms in which writers and musicians have described it, love was surely that moment when the screens might come down in front of another human, if only for a moment, and freely give them a long, unfettered look into the true middle where the fear and anguish lives.”
― Exurb1a, The Fifth Science

“Do you wonder where poetry come from? Where do we get the songs we sing and the tales we tell? Do you ever ask yourself how it is that some people can dream great, wise, beautiful dreams and pass those dreams on as poetry to the world, to be sung and retold as long as the moon will wax and wane? Have you ever wondered why some people make beautiful songs and poems and tales, and some of us do not?
It is a long story, and it does no credit to anyone: there is murder in it, and trickery, lies and foolishness, seduction and pursuit. Listen.”
― Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology

“رسالة من تحت الماء

إن كنتَ صديقي.. ساعِدني

كَي أرحَلَ عَنك..

أو كُنتَ حبيبي.. ساعِدني

كَي أُشفى منك

لو أنِّي أعرِفُ أنَّ الحُبَّ خطيرٌ جِدَّاً

ما أحببت

لو أنِّي أعرفُ أنَّ البَحرَ عميقٌ جِداً

ما أبحرت..

لو أنِّي أعرفُ خاتمتي

ما كنتُ بَدأت...

إشتقتُ إليكَ.. فعلِّمني

أن لا أشتاق

علِّمني

كيفَ أقُصُّ جذورَ هواكَ من الأعماق

علِّمني

كيف تموتُ الدمعةُ في الأحداق

علِّمني

كيفَ يموتُ القلبُ وتنتحرُ الأشواق

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إن كنت نبياً .. خلصني

من هذا السحر..

من هذا الكفر

حبك كالكفر.. فطهرني

من هذا الكفر..

إن كنتَ قويَّاً.. أخرجني

من هذا اليَمّ..

فأنا لا أعرفُ فنَّ العوم

الموجُ الأزرقُ في عينيك.. يُجرجِرُني نحوَ الأعمق

وأنا ما عندي تجربةٌ

في الحب.. ولا عندي زورق..

إن كنت أعز عليك .. فخذ بيديّ

فأنا عاشقةٌ من رأسي .. حتى قدميّ

إني أتنفَّسُ تحتَ الماء..

إنّي أغرق..

أغرق..

أغرق..”
― نزار قباني, أحلى قصائدي