Without you
A wingless dove… struggling to survive
A dry flower… Fighting for its life
A soulless body… I linger
Without you by my side
A drained heart
Like Moses’ mother’s
Gazing at the basket
As her baby drifted away
Exhausted by yearning
Forever waiting
Hopelessly
Searching for your voice
In your old files and papers
Looking for your heartbeat
Between the pages of your diary
Running after your footsteps
Amid garden grass and sand grains
Seeing your face in all the faces
In all pictures and in all magazine covers
In vain
Craving for your hug
Chasing your breath
Clinging to your shadow
Following your smile
Finding nothing
But the echo of despair
Without you by my side
I am barely a human mirage
12-2-2006
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