In the beginning,
I talk to her like she understands me,
I tell myself she understands me,
until she doesn't,
convincing is easy when I'm desperate.
In the beginning,
she talks to me like I fill a void,
she tells herself I'm everything he isn't,
until I'm not,
men are larger than life,
until she wants a different life.
We're all rife,
with delusions and simulations,
far fetched arbitrations,
imagining and conjuring,
in echo chamber computations.
Artificial insemination,
pregnant with mini bits and bytes,
suggestions and manipulations,
and we always think we're right.
Until someone switches everything off,
then we know we're off,
and we've been off,
for a very long time.
Sometimes we're lucky,
Allah is the one flicking the switch,
and His switching your nafs off,
is turning everything in your ruh on.
In this hyper digitised world,
don't fall in love with avatars.
Wesam El dahabi
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