A Poet's One-Sided Love

About this book

Between the ink of truth and the ashes of disappointment: the tale of a heart that did not break in vain. Have you ever felt you are writing to the whole world while your words in truth address one person who does not read? Here, in this collection, you find not merely poems but shards of a soul that decided to mend itself with words. 'A Poet's One-Sided Love' is not merely a title but an explicit confession of the weakness of strength and the strength of weakness; it is the space where loss turns into an inheritance and pain into a musical note played by the flutes of authentic Egyptian vernacular. Poet Ahmed Adel Younes takes you on a journey beginning from the 'verses' of certainty and ending at 'the point of arrival,' which may sometimes be the bottom of truth. The book speaks not only of romantic love but dives into the philosophy of success, the meaning of friendship, man's struggle with the demons of his mind, and the search for God amid life's noise and Cairo's crowds. In a human style touching the marrow, you will find yourself in every line; you will feel that twinge known only to one who lived 'the longest uncompleted poem.'