Illustration by my friend Justin Kleinsteuber You have reached the Oasis. Everything that is to come is already near. I am Abu Nour, a life traveler like yourself.I was lost in the desert and wandered for what seemed like an eternity.And like you, I refused to believe that anything in this world, not even an … Continue reading The Oasis
Don't shoot yourself Hemingway... Everyday... We're moving away... This is no place to stay. Memories fading in the wind, Like autumn leaves. Loss after loss, It's a losing game. Life breaks everyone, you said And then we grow stronger In all the broken places. So many faces That time erases. Yet this can't be for … Continue reading Don’t shoot yourself Hemingway
Spring 2018 My beloved 12 year old daughter asked me to share my story with you. I am having a difficult time deciding what to write, and from which point to start. Perhaps I should begin from the present and work my way back to the past. I’ve been in prison for 12 years now. … Continue reading The Boy And His Sand Castle
Credit: https://images.app.goo.gl/UZ2bvdUZj6uqqPDY8 This is the material world,But beside it, Around it,Inside it,Here, There,And everywhere,Exist the immaterial. "Where is God?!", Dawkins asks. As if he will find Him with a microscope, or a telescope,or a stethoscope, Or a sky piercing tower, as Pharaoh once suggested. But Rumi was right: "When you look for GodLook for Him … Continue reading The Man dilusion
To Gordon... forever. Mystery: /ˈmɪst(ə)ri/. A religious truth known by revelation alone. (Merriam Webster dictionary) Here I stand, Between the two eternities,Of past and future tenseIn a spec of timeSublime.What to do with this life of mine?Like an hourglass;I wonder how much sand is left?Bereft.I breathe my soul awayTo the afterlifeWherein my deeds awaitTheir fate … Continue reading Mystery
