I animate you with real and
Invented narratives—
I explore them through reconstructed
Obscured moments
Embedded in the multi-sensory, charged
Spaces of the body, heart, and soul—
I live with and love you in a world where
Ephemeral expulsions coexist
With the inner entanglements
Of relationship—
I see you through abstract surreal symbols—
Interwoven within
A hybrid form situated somewhere between
Hephaestion and a reworked constellation—
A cancellation—
Of the future—
I recognize meanings that seamlessly merge
With settings
That implicate the egalitarianism of a
Possibility reflecting in impossibility—
The costume of our identity—
Tailored for freedom—
I protect us to pursue power and perceptions
At play in the consumption of emotions
Colored by and coveted
As objects of my desire—
I salvage countless reproductions of
Poetic confrontations,
A mash-up of thick paint and collaged
Language culled from familiar signs
And associations that unravel endlessly—
With you being my version—
Of Alexander’s lover.
featured artwork by Syed Zaman
Beautifully done, Mr. Zaman! I hope to read more from you soon. Your artwork is equally as poetic.
Thank you so much for the feature!