Friday, February 22, 2008

Her Miracle


Her miracle is something nobody understood but me, however everybody was in need to it. That's why my heart followed her immediately ignoring how everyone looked at me ...

Everybody longed for her magic that only she could perform
She alone painted life and colored it in a special way
and leaves everybody watching astonished
to finally smile at the picture she created

She alone colored the shadow of people in Cairo's streets
Coloring the shadows of those she don't know before the ones she knew
to leave you in the end in front of a reflection of you in true color not artificial as the original is


Lilies and Canina flowers grow on her skin, she picked them for those who are around her
Everything she painted turned into a miracle to a feeling that draws a smile upon a man's heart before his lips

But the miracle of the shadows she colored has always remained the one nobody understood
as soon as she finishes coloring your shadow and you look at it, you see what's inside yourself
and you are always amazed at what you see
and when you look at her smiling she says her favorite words :
"No wonder this is what inside a human being and you are one"

And one day I met her
and before she colored my shadow I knew what I will see
As she has painted her own reflection
and she didn't speak a word, she only smiled at me
and we walked together without speaking
I knew as she realized what she wants to say

And before she left I told her: I believe in you
She told me: Everybody should believe

Her miracle was making you happy person in a different way

That's why when they have put her in her coffin
Nobody stood in front of her grave but me
because everybody took his share of his own shadow
except me
I lost my shadow forever
Queen of Sabaa


Written by : Michel F. Khater
Translated by : Wafik Moussa
Original Text Here