Ghazal 1419 is about freedom and it is about the path to liberation. Liberation means to de-condition, de-identify from all that we think we know. It takes a while until the body and the mind have adapted to a life suspended upside down. There is doubt, fear and agony until one day there is this knowing: I am free. And then I look up at my toes and smile….
I was ready to tell
the story of my life
but the ripple of tears
and the agony of my heart
wouldn’t let mei began to stutter
saying a word here and there
and all along i felt
as tender as a crystal
ready to be shatteredin this stormy sea
we call life
all the big ships
come apart
board by boardhow can i survive
riding a lonely
little boat
with no oars
and no armsmy boat did finally break
by the waves
and i broke free
as i tied myself
to a single boardthough the panic is gone
i am now offended
why should i be so helpless
rising with one wave
and falling with the nexti don’t know
if i am
nonexistence
while i exist
but i know for sure
when i am
i am not
but
when i am not
then i amnow how can i be
a skeptic
about the
resurrection and
coming to life againsince in this world
i have many times
like my own imagination
died and
been born againthat is why
after a long agonizing life
as a hunter
i finally let go and got
hunted down and became free
I can relate………….xoxo
Very beautiful. Thanks for putting this online.