Ramzi Suleiman
Things have their reasons
Because things cannot be complete
without their shadows,
God created the candles
And the glittering lamps
on the water’s surface
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Because the sea surface rises up
and collapses Down,
like a lover’s chest
Because lover’s sighs
stumble one after another
like the sea waves,
God created the moon
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Because the Earth
does not stop spinning,
in search of its rendezvous
God created the hours
and asked them
to look after the minutes and the seconds,
and because, usually, appointments
choose their appointees,
God spared chance
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Because the pomegranate tree
keeps its vows,
and the full chestnut
yearns for its self,
God created the earth
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Because the night holds its grip
On the day’s sleeves
Like a blind man
clinching his hand on his cane,
Because the day
Throws the remnants of its light
And slips underneath the evening’s gown
God created the opposites
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Because nothing is complete
without what compliments it
God created love
Because things have no being
without what is not in them
God spared the pain