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21 " I find pieces of herIn songs, book quotes,Even in the dismal cornersOf macabre streetsHosting nobody exceptFailed men and women "
― Hanna Abi Akl , Diary in Poems
22 " my muse is absent and mydays are already condemnedbefore they begin "
― Hanna Abi Akl , Correspondence
23 " Lips parted in halfbleeding of human remorsesighing, knowing there’s no endto it all; more sufferingmust come before salvation. "
― Hanna Abi Akl , Stems from the Edge of Silence: Writings from the Springs of the Mind
24 " Life is no more than a songperformed in an open garden. "
25 " Through drunken holinessI still heard your voice "
26 " If there ever wasA better loveThan thisThen I do not wishTo find it "
27 " Tonight I will sleep in my bedKnowing she has landedSomewhere far from hereBut in my mindWe are still sitting in that small cocktail boothMy hand holding hersOur hearts connectedAnd me WhisperingIn her ear:WhereverYouGo,GoWith allYour heart "
28 " I traverse the seasons in search of the heart’s desiresAnd carry with me the flameOf undying love "
29 " Think of me lyingNext to youIn your bedThink of me when you drinkYour warm coffeeThink of meWhen you read kindRomantic wordsThink of me in every love sceneYou watch in a movieThink of me when you cryAnd think of meWhen you write "
30 " and life was not what it was ⸺life was not a selfish dream "
31 " i offer you godwhose ubiquitous presenceyou will not take lightly inhazardous momentsor chance encounters:that is where he appears "
32 " i am blessed with griefand blessed with sorrowand with the gift of living "
33 " i like to believe in aforbidden eternitywhere such sacred dreamsrun to "
34 " the best places aren’t easyto see; instead offollowing light onemust follow silence "
35 " how can you love mewhen my touch is likeice so cold it burns? "
36 " i look like a yellow childof the sun dumped into thisworld walking towardsthe crusade of myself thatstarts at your feet andends maybe in the next world "
37 " Poetry is the holyverse all else is blasphemy "
38 " Those of us worth saving leftthis place long ago "
39 " I was pastThe resignationOf never obtainingWhat I never reallyWantedOr attemptedTo seriouslyLook for "
― Hanna Abi Akl , Vitality
40 " Sometimesa manhas to fightso hardfor lifethat he forgetsto live it. "