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“Despair was a choice. Hatred was a choice. Anger was a choice. I still had choices, and that knowledge rocked me. I may not have had as many Lester had, but I still had some choices. I could choose to give up or to hang on. Hope was a choice. Faith was a choice. And more than anything else, love was a choice. Compassion was a choice.”
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
― The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
“شحبت روحي، صارت شفقا
شعت غيماً وسنا
كالدرويش المتعلق في قدمي مولاه أنا
أتمرغ في شجني
أتوهج في بدني
غيري أعمى، مهما أصغى، لن يبصرني
فأنا جسدٌ شجرٌ
شيء عبر الشارع
جزر غرقى في قاع البحر ....
حريق في الزمن الضائع
قنديل زيتي مبهوت
في أقصى بيت، في بيروت
أتألق حيناً. ثم أرنّق ثم أموت
* * *
ويحي...
وأنا أتلعثم نحوك يا مولاي
أجرد أحزاني ....
أتجسد فيك
هل أنت أنا؟
يدك الممدودة أم يدي الممدودة؟
صوتك أم صوتي؟
تبكيني أم أبكيك؟
* * *
في حضرة من أهوى
عبثت بي الأشواق
حدقت بلا وجه
ورقصت بلا ساق
وزحمت براياتي
وطبولي الآفاق
عشقي يفنى عشقي
وفنائي استغراق
مملوكك.... لكنـي
سلطان العشاق”
―
شعت غيماً وسنا
كالدرويش المتعلق في قدمي مولاه أنا
أتمرغ في شجني
أتوهج في بدني
غيري أعمى، مهما أصغى، لن يبصرني
فأنا جسدٌ شجرٌ
شيء عبر الشارع
جزر غرقى في قاع البحر ....
حريق في الزمن الضائع
قنديل زيتي مبهوت
في أقصى بيت، في بيروت
أتألق حيناً. ثم أرنّق ثم أموت
* * *
ويحي...
وأنا أتلعثم نحوك يا مولاي
أجرد أحزاني ....
أتجسد فيك
هل أنت أنا؟
يدك الممدودة أم يدي الممدودة؟
صوتك أم صوتي؟
تبكيني أم أبكيك؟
* * *
في حضرة من أهوى
عبثت بي الأشواق
حدقت بلا وجه
ورقصت بلا ساق
وزحمت براياتي
وطبولي الآفاق
عشقي يفنى عشقي
وفنائي استغراق
مملوكك.... لكنـي
سلطان العشاق”
―
“If a god is a thing that has absolute power over us, then in this world there are many. There are gods that we choose and gods that we can't avoid; there are gods that we pray to and gods that prey on us; there are dreams that become gods and nightmares that do, as well.”
― Sharks in the Time of Saviors
― Sharks in the Time of Saviors
“Navigating in a space that questions your humanity isn’t really living at all. It’s existing. We all deserve more than just the ability to exist.”
― All Boys Aren't Blue
― All Boys Aren't Blue
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