وعد

“‎لاَ تَبْكِ فأحزانُ الصِغَرِ
تَمْضِي كالحُلْمِ مع الفَجْرِ
وقريبًا تَكْبُرُ يا وَلَدِي
وتُرِيدُ الدَمْعَ فلا يَجْرِي...

إِنْ سَهِرَتْ أمْطَارٌ مَعَنَا
أو غَطَّى البَرْدُ شَوارِعَنَا
فالدِفءُ يُعَمِّرُ أضْلُعَنا
ولَهِيبُ الأرضِ بِنا يَسْرِي...
وإذَا بَحَّتْ لَكَ أُغْنِيَةٌ
أَوْ أَنَّتْ قَدمٌ حافِيَةٌ
فَشُمُوسُ رِفاقِكَ آتِيَةٌ
وسَتُشْرِقُ مِنْ غَضَبِ الفَقْر...ِ

قدْ أُرْمَى خَلْفَ الجُدرانِ
وتحِنُّ لِحُبِّي وحَنَانِي
فانْظُرْ في قَلْبِكَ سَتَرانِي
لَنْ يَقْوَى القَيْدُ على الفِكْر...ِ
سأضُمُّكَ والصَدْرُ جَرِيحُ
وسأعْشَقُ والقَلْبُ ذَبِيحُ
مهما عَصَفتْ ضِدِّي الريحُ
لَنْ أَحْنِيَ في يوْمٍ ظَهْرِي...

وإذا ما الدهْرُ بنا دَارَ
ومَضَيْتُ إلى حَيْثُ أُوارَى
أَكْمِلْ مِنْ بَعْدِي المِشْوَارَ
لا تُخْلِفْ مِيعادَ الفَجْر...ِ
لَنْ يَسْقِيَ دمْعٌ أشْجارَكْ
لَنْ تَبْنِيَ بِالآهِ جِدارِكْ
فاصْرُخْ بالخَوْفِ إذا زارَكْ
لا تَخْشَى النارُ مِنَ الجَمْرِ..
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― آدم فتحي

“There was always something wrong with how I was invented and meant to fit in with the world...Whether this was because I constantly misread my part or because of some deep flaw in my being I could not tell for most of my early life".”
― Edward W. Said, Out of Place

“Life is long, and sometimes cruel. Sometimes victims are needed. Someone has to take on that role. And human bodies are fragile, easily damaged. Cut them, and they bleed.”
― Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

“In my life, I have given a fuck about many people and many things. I have also not given a fuck about many people and many things. And like the road not taken, it was the fucks not given that made all the difference.”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life