THE WORLD MIRROR / SHAKE HEARTS
24.6.2017
Alone
I stood before the sea
I felt it more
I was about to hug it
But it withdrew
Ashamed of my loneliness
*****
My coffee is cold
Really cold
Like your fingers
When looking for something
In the night bed
While you are alone
*****
I am the last light
In the city
I still pass the darkness
Among the ghosts
Poems Soliman al-Sheikh Husain, 2016-2017. Translation from Arabic
Shurouk Hammoud, 2017. Photo by Hanna Hirvonen.
Shake Hearts -column publishes poetry in three languages.