This Is Me

About this book

This Is Me gathers poems that look directly at the contradictions of inner life. The speaker sees the ordinary and the precious lose their familiar proportions: money becomes paper, gold becomes stone, dreams become illusions, and music carries sorrow through every note. Yet the collection is not simply an argument for despair. Its central insight is that the self gives meaning to what it encounters, even while love disappoints, solitude wounds, and every person remains incomplete. Mahmoud Hisham writes from a place where laughter can hold tears and hope can coexist with disillusionment, creating an intimate portrait of a consciousness trying to name its own value in an imperfect world.