To Describe Almond Blossoms.

• Author: Darwish, Mahmud
• Position: Poem

To describe almond blossoms, the glossary of flowers doesn't come to my aid, and neither does the dictionary ... speech will snatch me to the scam of eloquence. And eloquence wounds meaning then eulogizes the wound, like a man who dictates to a woman her feelings. How can almond blossoms radiate in my language when I'm an echo? And they are diaphanous like laughing water that sprouts from the branches out of the sentry dew ... They are lightweight like a white musical phrase, weak like a flash of thought that stares at our fingers before we carve it in vain ... the density of a stanza that isn't written with letters. To describe almond blossoms I need visitations to the subconscious to guide me to the name of an emotion that hangs on trees. What is its name? What is its name, this...