أحبّك (Ahibukki)

أحبّك (Ahibukki) 

I attempt to navigate the beautiful Arabic script backwards, but

I'm a deaf, blind man in a Moroccan spice market.

No sight, no sound, I battle helplessness.

My rational side says to pack it in, but

I follow the one sense left to me, and 

I keep coming back to find

Star anise, cinnamon, and clove,

Tobacco, grape, and hemp.

And I love her.

- December 2018