TAGHRID BOU MERHI

 

Searching For Truth

O traveler on the paths of truth,

do you realize that time is nothing 

but a shattered mirror?

In it, faces overlap,

and dreams scatter like dust in the wind.

What is time?

A riddle in which we craft our own chains,

only to beg them to set us free?

Or a delusion we live within,

fleeing the fear of extinction

to the illusion of permanence?

O seeker of meaning,

have you ever wondered:

Where does the path begin, 

and where does it end?

Is it a circle we redraw

with every step we take?

Or a straight line

stretching into the unknown

until it vanishes?

Perhaps

truth is not in the arrival,

but in the wandering that reshapes us.

Perhaps the purpose is not in the answers,

but in the questions that grow

like wildflowers on the edges of the mind.

So be like the wind,

free from the chains of time,

and like the sea,

vast enough to embrace every wave 

without drowning in them.

There, in the depth of wandering,

you may find yourself.

A Helpless Cry

I used to love imagining your death as flecks of clay

where delirium drowns me in the throat of wakefulness.

And as it happens in novels, 

I saw you between the borders of memory 

and the mountains of salt a cave

where deferred rituals sleep in its thoughts!

And in the middle of the vision, 

I drew my pains with a wound

I longed for my voice's cords 

to gnaw at the interpretation and the nightmares.

On the banks of a cloud, 

the question bled in the shirt of time

and a crooked cane untangles 

the beads of your spinal column...

Your voice turned into shadows

and I, helpless in the imagination of poets

dye my veins with the henna of the sky...

I think about the number of beads of sweat

that clench on the chests of suicidal women

A helpless scream!!

TAGHRID BOU MERHI

TAGHRID BOU MERHI: She is a Lebanese multilingual poet, writer, author, essayist, editor, journalist and translator living in Brazil. She has authored 24 books and translated 43 books to date, 112 article to date and some of her literary works have been translated into 48 languages. She is an active member of various literary and creative platforms. Her writings are part of several national and international magazines, newspapers, journals and anthologies. She was chosen among the 50 women from Asia who had a significant impact on the history of modern literature. She was selected as among the top 20 international journalist's From LEGACY CROWN. She is a global advisor for poetry on CCTV Chinese TV and editor and head of the translation department at various literary newspapers and magazine. She has won many awards for her write-ups. She speek 5 language.