Toka Ezzat

“هل ترانا نلتقي ام انها..كانت اللقيا على أرض السرابِ
ثم ولت و تلاشى ظلها..و استحالت ذكريات للعذاب
هكذا يسأل قلبي كلما..طالت الايام من بعد غيابِ
فإذا طيفك يرنو باسما..وكأني في استماع للجوابِ
أولم نمضي على الحقِ معـًا..كي يعود الخير للأرض اليبابِ
فمضينا في طريق شائك..نتخلى فيه عن كل الرغابِ
و دفنا الشوق في اعماقنا..و مضينا في رضاء و احتسابِ
قد تعاهدنا على السيرِ معـًـا..ثم اعجلتَ مجيبـًا للذهابِ
حين ناداني رب منعم..لحياة في جنان ورحاب
و لقاء في نعيم دائم..بجنود الله مرحب الصحاب
قدموا الأرواح و العمر فدا..مستجيبين على غير ارتياب
فليعد قلبك من غفلاته..فلقاء الخلد في تلك الرحاب
أيها الراحل عُذرًا في شِكاتي..فإلى طيفِك أنات عتابِ
قد تركت القلب يـدمي مثقلا..تائها في الليل في عمق الضباب
و اذا اطوي وحيدا حائرا..اقطع الدرب طويلاً في اكتئابِ
و اذا الليل خضم موحش..تتلاقى فيه امواج العذاب
لم يعد يبَرق في ليلي سَناهُ..قد توارت كل انوار الشهاب
غير اني سوف امضي مثلما..كنت تلقاني في وجه الصعاب
سوف يمضي الرأس مرفوعا فلا..يرتضى ضعفـًا بقولِ او جوابِ
سوف تحدوني دمااء عابقات..قد انارت كل فج للذهاب
هل ترانا نلتقي..ام انها..كانت اللقيا على أرض السرابِ
ثم ولت و تلاشى ظلها..و استحالت ذكريات للعذاب”
― السيدة أمينة قطب

“انا كوكب ماشى لوحده
ومفيش للوحده حدود
وهاسيب تليفونى يرن
انا اصلا مش موجود”
― عمر طاهر, قهوة وشيكولاتة

“I’m not laughing.” I was actually crying. “And please don’t laugh at me now, but I think the reason it’s so hard for me to get over this guy is because I seriously believed David was my soul mate. ”He probably was. Your problem is you don’t understand what that word means. People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that’s what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that’s holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you’ll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then they leave. And thank God for it. Your problem is, you just can’t let this one go. It’s over, Groceries. David’s purpose was to shake you up, drive you out of your marriage that you needed to leave, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light could get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you had to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master and beat it. That was his job, and he did great, but now it’s over. Problem is, you can’t accept that his relationship had a real short shelf life. You’re like a dog at the dump, baby – you’re just lickin’ at the empty tin can, trying to get more nutrition out of it. And if you’re not careful, that can’s gonna get stuck on your snout forever and make your life miserable. So drop it.“But I love him.”
“So love him.” “But I miss him.” “So miss him. Send him some love and light every time you think about him, then drop it. You’re just afraid to let go of the last bits of David because then you’ll be really alone, and Liz Gilbert is scared to death of what will happen if she’s really alone. But here’s what you gotta understand, Groceries. If you clear out all that space in your mind that you’re using right now to obsess about this guy, you’ll have a vacuum there, an open spot – a doorway. And guess what the universe will do with the doorway? It will rush in – God will rush in – and fill you with more love than you ever dreamed. So stop using David to block that door. Let it go.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert in Eat, Pray, Love., Eat, Pray, Love

“it feels like a precious wound, like a heartbreak you won’t let go of because it hurts too good. We all want things to stay the same, David; settle for living in misery because we’re afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins. Then I looked around in this place [the augusteum], at the chaos its endured – the way it has been adapted, burned, pillaged and found a way to build itself back up again. And I was reassured that maybe my life hasn’t been so chaotic; tt’s just the world that is and the only real trap is getting attached to any of it. Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation… We must always be prepared for endless waves of transformation. Both of us deserve better than staying together because we’re afraid we’ll be destroyed if we don’t.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert