The ecology of the self Poems

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so, what now?
by atef ayadi

you are where you are.
not in the advertisement, not in the diagnosis,
not in the story they sold you about yourself.

you are the silence between the walk.
the space after the scam has been named,
before the next step is taken.

you are not only the center.
you are also the edges,

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the principle of the inner wilderness
by atef ayadi

we grant there is a territory, wild,
a landscape not of rock or river carved,
but shaped from primal feeling, raw and undefiled,
a thicket of the spirit, darkly starved
and lush by turns. this is the inner wood,
where ancient fears like tangled roots are laid,
and awe hangs heavy in the atmosphere,
a storm of self that cannot be allayed.

this is no flaw in our design, no fault

......

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Recent The ecology of the self Poems
so, what now?
by atef ayadi

you are where you are.
not in the advertisement, not in the diagnosis,
not in the story they sold you about yourself.

you are the silence between the walk.
the space after the scam has been named,
before the next step is taken.

you are not only the center.
you are also the edges,

......

Continue reading
the principle of the inner wilderness
by atef ayadi

we grant there is a territory, wild,
a landscape not of rock or river carved,
but shaped from primal feeling, raw and undefiled,
a thicket of the spirit, darkly starved
and lush by turns. this is the inner wood,
where ancient fears like tangled roots are laid,
and awe hangs heavy in the atmosphere,
a storm of self that cannot be allayed.

this is no flaw in our design, no fault

......

Continue reading
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