Coastline / ساحل
Twin Poems
by Mohamad Said Bazzi
(April 2, 2023)
Coastline
ساحل
his angst with time
settled on
settled his angst
with time on
in time his angst
settled on
the essence
the sediment
the refined debris
defined in time
and settled on
a breaking down
parameters and simpler
depictions
settled on
cooled nerves
admitting to himself
hidden motives
admitting into
himself the motives
settled on circumstances
larger than the skies
settled on the brink
falling off
what had seemed
everlasting
in/finite chambers
eternal modes
settled into the quietest
corner within himself
descending from the hills
down into an abandoned
pebble strewn coastline
settled there
into the black sands
he carried the wind
down to its last extent
guided it through its final
and longest breath
where the sea settles
into stillness
no one to laugh with
knowing himself
in that moment
and knowing
no time
شو عاد صار
بي حكي مبارح
مبارح شو عاد
صار بي
شو عاد صار
بي حكي
مهمول وبلا قيمة
قيمة الشيئ بالحكي
متل عجوز منبوذ
مارِئ عى ضفة
نهر جافف
شو قيمة اللّـي صار
عى ضفة نهر مهمول
مبعثر بي
حكي مبارح
اليوم في حكي داير
حكي اليوم هدر
مبعثر عى ضفة
نهر هادر
نهر اليوم ساكت
عى ضفتو حكي راسب
محكوم من هطل ناسخ