Poem: I hear you’ve been looking for me
I hear you’ve been looking for me.
I’m still here, living free,
eating ash and sand,
rubbing it into my wounds Continue reading → I hear you’ve been looking for me.
I’m still here, living free,
eating ash and sand,
rubbing it into my wounds Continue reading → Poem: Welcome to California
Looking for gold in the Golden State
nuggets are piled on other men’s plates
and they’ll burn you out at half past eight
welcome to California. Continue reading → Poem: Love You Right
I’ll love you right next time.
I won’t be a mime,
split down the line.
tongue snagged like a carp. Continue reading → Poem: You Are a Forest
You are a forest
and I’m lost in your depths,
surviving on faith. Continue reading → Poem: To Hold You
To hold you in my arms
once in a hundred years,
to feel your warmth and breath,
your frailty and strength, your breast
rising and falling against mine… Continue reading → Poem: Water and Dust
Ya Rab (O Lord),
I am just
water and dust
moved by a breath. Continue reading → Poem: I Say Yes
Stuck in place
still I push ahead
World says no
I say yes Continue reading → Poem: If I Were a Middle-Aged Angel
If I were a middle-aged angel
wearing holy hi-tops and shining with light… Continue reading → Poem: Build a Dream
Build a Dream I have trudged through sands.I have come with empty handsto build a dream. I’ve given my all to youand worn ragged shoes.I’ve grown lean. I’m walking this pathout of the dark pastcarrying child and faith. I’m late on the scenebut I am not done tryingto build a dream. Wael AbdelgawadJanuary 26, 2014Fresno, […] Continue reading → Poem: Bring it In
Let’s bring it together.Everything moves in circles,everything whirls, but sometimesyou cut across the tideand find yourself in the lightof a strange sun. Bring it in.Smaller circles, far from the dinof the city, we meet:your breath and mine,warm and sweet,tighter, closer, moving in timeto the galaxy, earth, air,until we are the center, paired,and all turns in […] Continue reading →