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[shanmonster]

FAREWELL
by Agha Shahid Ali


“At a certain point I lost track of you.
You needed me. You needed to perfect me.
In your absence you polished me into the Enemy.
Your history gets in the way of my memory.
I am everything you lost. You can’t forgive me.
I am everything you lost. Your perfect Enemy.
Your memory gets in the way of my memory:

If only somehow you could have been mine, what wouldn’t
have happened in the world?

I’m everything you lost. You won’t forgive me.
My memory keeps getting in the way of your history.
There is nothing to forgive, so you can’t forgive me.
I hid my pain even from myself; I revealed my pain only to myself.

If only somehow you could have been mine,
what would not have been possible in the world?”

Comments

[elanya.livejournal.com]

This makes me think of Liothu'a ;p

[shanmonster.livejournal.com]

Me too, which is why it caught my attention.

Nifty!

[montecristo.livejournal.com]

I like it. Interesting commentary on human nature. It reminds me of a quotation:

"Something identifies you with the one who leaves you, and it is your common power to return: thus your greatest sorrow.
Something separates you from the one who remains with you, and it is your common slavery to depart: thus your meagerest rejoicing."
— Ceasar Vallejo

OT

[forestmaster.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho0WfS8opaI

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