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Robert's avatar

Your writing is intergalactic. You write with the gods and goddesses in your presentation. Bless you a 1000 fold, Rob

Marwa Mabrouk's avatar

Thank you so much Rob, I’ll carry your words like a whisper in my heart šŸ’œ 🌸 they mean a lot to me. God Bless you more and more.

Lacey Lipe she/they's avatar

🩵🩵🩵

Mahmoud Owies's avatar

🫶🫶🫶🫶

Marwa Mabrouk's avatar

šŸ™šŸ’™šŸŒø

Pelle Martens's avatar

I love the idea that the word is looking for us just as much as we're looking for it ā¤ļø

Marwa Mabrouk's avatar

Thank you so much Pelle, you saw that thought so clearly, I appreciate you šŸ’™šŸŒøšŸ™

AsukaHotaru's avatar

Mine may be taking the scenic route, because I’ve tried enough wrong words to fill a whole pocket with useless keys. Still, the thought that it might already be listening makes the waiting feel less lonely... I hope I recognise it when it finally says my name.

Marwa Mabrouk's avatar

That’s our hope @AsukaHotaru that’s our biggest hope šŸ’œšŸ’œšŸ’œ

Siddhartha Mukherjee's avatar

"A word... Tailored to your soul."

"It knows your name."

One word... One key... One dry well... Waiting.

I especially loved— "We now know... It's listening."

Quiet. Spiritual. Hopeful! I'M SUBSCRIBING!

I write at The Reflective State, where one of my ongoing series is Mountain Mysteries—atmospheric tales of mystery, folklore and the unexplained set in the mountains of India. If curiosity ever brings you my way, I'd genuinely love to know what you think.

Marwa Mabrouk's avatar

Thank you so much. I appreciate you šŸŒøšŸ™šŸ’™

I will try my best to check your post

mnemonixart's avatar

Hi I am veli and loved this poem. I also love being offline and have two keys. One made me decide to post this poem and it was the right person not version.

The other key is a 100-170 subscriber-cap when I delete the account (again🤣) so that I may never meet a single fan but friend.

Archive or Alive?

I don't read my own work.

From the first word

meaning bleeds out of letter.

I wonder -

is anything ever

archived?

A single moment,

a beloved person,

reading a poem,

the very first time?

I fear

we only ever

archive our fear

of letting go.

Our try

to hold onto

symbols

of

what

even

then

only

could be

expressed symbolically.

Our truest work

does not need to be written down:

we cannot

forget it,

it is

inwritten

in

us.

I have

tried to destroy

my first painting,

lost

my only

quadrilingual poem,

I cannot

recite

one line

of any

of my poems.

Alive or Archive?

Marwa Mabrouk's avatar

You’re a kind soul. Thank you for reading and for sharing your poem šŸ™šŸ’™šŸŒø

Timichelle's avatar

Have you ever listened to Saturn by Sleeping At Last? Honestly, reading this felt just like listening to that track. That quiet, sacred space where a single realization turns into an entire world... it’s the exact same wavelength.

Marwa Mabrouk's avatar

Thank you for introducing me to that song, it’s amazing. It means a lot me that you saw similarities, it made my day. Thank you so much šŸ™šŸŒøšŸ’™

Timichelle's avatar

Same here🄰

Off Ramp to Brave Spaces's avatar

Though I know the meaning is just beyond my fingertips, I feel an intuitive connection because of how you keep returning to the word. And even if I’m not fully sure I understand, I loved the experience.

Sharon Stein's avatar

Love the poem. So moving. Thank you šŸ’

Marwa Mabrouk's avatar

Thank you so much I’m really happy it resonated with you

Hina Gondal's avatar

Beautiful

Marwa Mabrouk's avatar

Thank you Hina

Robert's avatar

Marwa, you strike harps around you by your very breath being inhaled and exhaled. Your touch of mind to mind, I memorize it. Your walking with your hand on hip to contain your enigmatic energy as inded finger to lips says "Silence is golden." I would love to write about you with permission.

Marwa Mabrouk's avatar

I appreciate you Rob. I’d be happy to hear your opinions and thoughts.

Gary L Taylor's avatar

That was so well done. Beautiful, Marwa.

Marwa Mabrouk's avatar

Thank you much Gary.. really happy you liked it