At the Shore

18/07/26

This poem is from my first poetry collection, Promises. Looking back, I realize I wasn’t only celebrating a walk on the beach. I was celebrating the feeling of belonging to creation, unhurried and unafraid.

It remains one of the purest memories I have.

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AT THE SHORE

“We’re free! We’re free!”
I said to my dog and horse
without leashes.
“We’re free! We’re free!”

We rushed to the shore
and greeted the waves.
We gazed at the horizon,
the ocean before us,
the desert behind us,
and the smiling sky
looking warmly at us,
anticipating our flight
from pure joy.

“Thank you! Thank you!”
we said to the Heavens,
and they sparkled
like us…

From Promises by Mariam Al Kindi.