رحمك الله يا عبد العزيز

The passing away of one's closest friend of childhood is a testing event. My dearest of friends, Meraka Abdelaziz (Rahimahoo Allah) had a fatal accident just a few months after I last saw him in one of my rarest trips back to visit Algeria. Words cannot convey the sense of loss and the weight of love and admiration I have for this brother. So, I wrote a short eulogy type of "poem" (despite my lack of mastery of this noble craft) to express my thoughts of him and the sweet memories he and I shared during our childhood years. RIP

،عانقتك الأرض

و لاتدري الأرض قدرمن عانقت

،حواك الثرى

 و الثرى لا يدري من يحوي

،السماء افتقدتك

،النجوم بكتك

،الصمت عمّ الوجود... 

و نعتك الكائنات

،أخٌ 

و نعم الأخ كنت

،ٌصديق

 و ليس كمثلك صديق

ِتغمّدك الله يا عبد العزيز

ُو أعزك بعظم عزته العزيز

رحمك الرحمان يا أخي

و أدخلك فسيحَ جنانه ذو الرحمة الرحيم