http://download.quranicaudio.com/quran/adel_kalbani/112.mp3
12 seconds
Your footprints in the sandMy words in your voiceThat stirred fresh life
Whose shadow brought meTo darker plainsthat shieldFrom shuddering light
Not friendly flameThat flashed their frozen eyesLike clinging children
Warm corners of heatCleaned up and brightenedFor static reflections shin[es]ing backAnd echoes that catch on marble pillars
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[strikethrough Tues. 17th Aug. '10]
II
To Manchua you carr[y]ied me
Once blinding had struck
But terrible sheets
Like la ilaha ilallah