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I see you in broad day light, an impossible moon,

and in my night a sun, unreachable.

So I refuse to love you .

In my mirror I see you, the silhouette of a tattered sadness

that my eyes hold captive.

And on my scattered papers I see you,

the traces of tears I have yet to shed.

And I refuse to love you.

I see you as a prohibited dream,

that combs my innocent hair into sinful braids,

and when I awaken,

your luminous kisses drip

on my pillow

one star after another

to put out my shyness.

And I refuse to love you.

Because I love you

I refuse to love you.

Because my thirst for you is fire

and because my heart does not deserve

the fate of a crazed moth.

Because I love, my sir,

and because you love me,

let your pride refuse my ashes

| Joumana Haddad |