Hatem Asem

“Every time something changes, it takes a piece of my heart forever, keep it up this way and soon I will have a shattered heart, one million pieces scattered over one million different timings, over one million different places, over one million different feelings, I will have one million broken pieces; each beating somewhere far, each leaving me with a slower rhythm, each leaving me heavier than I ever was.”
― Mennah al Refaey

“And so, you find yourself back to where you always go, back to the surface, a straight back, sky above, clear as a sleeping ocean, shaded with your favorite blue, calm enough to lay still, the perfect weight, an extra hand would drown you. A heart so full of water and mind only concerned with dreams, only concerned with you. You find yourself home, finding shelter in everything you love, finding a destination in everything you want, clearing up space for what you really should want, washing away false accusations and false desires as if they were nothing, making them nothing.
Now you are back to looking in what makes you, you. Finding your heart in everything that can't hurt him, and finally apologizing for leaving him alone outside of the water for 3 months without you. You find yourself home, that hug you needed is meaningless, it wouldn't have felt good, and it's a good thing we haven't really tried it. But let me tell you, once you get the courage to write, be thankful you have an inspiration.”
― Mennah al Refaey

“Pull out a match and light up a million notes and a million words, consume the energy on papers like its fuel, and all the long lost feelings are your coal. Set the whole thing on fire and never look back, an expert on regrets and mistakes, tell the story as easy as a philosophical theory; devils disguised as angels, angels turning into devils, and the perfectionist in between always stuck in the middle. Tired and hurt, but angry till I burn, watching a sinner blaming life and life taking his side still, anyway I took my advice and kept the things I loved from day one aside, so I'm not alone and love is also taking my side. Save the date, it's 365 days in training, and we finally reached the end of our magical tragic failure and if you are smart then it's not a surprise; you know that my sky is not raining. Take out a match and burn this house down, it took me two seconds to figure out that I deserve solid better-looking ground. So let me feel the heat in my brain blow out and my heart beating in its place safe and sound inside.”
― Mennah al Refaey

“And if tonight we decide to put aside our differences. Take my hand slow, pull me closer to someone that has never been this far. Take my hand slowly, and give a chance for two hearts that had nothing to do with our mistakes to beat as one again. Take my hand slowly, and let it trace a strong shoulder I had always leaned on, cause right now I need to lean in. Take my hand slowly, so I could safely close my eyes and listen to my favorite song while knowing, trusting and believing you wouldn't let me fall. If tonight we decide to do this, take my hand slowly, interlace yours in mine and give our souls a chance to have a glimpse at this. Leave a bit of a distance, just a small distance, so our eyes could get a glimpse too. If tonight we decide to put aside our differences, if we decide to let go of our mistakes, I will let you choose the song”
― Mennah al Refaey