I have been searching for you

I have been searching for you at melancholic cafes and in records I bought from markets because with you I shared one of my favourite bands and slowly they grew in you too like a reunion with an old friend. I have been searching for you at run down cinemas and in discounted dvds because we argued about which Carney film was better; 2007 or 2013. I have been searching for you in poetry books and the holy quran because yes, I don't really know how to stop writing about someone who belongs to god. I have been searching for you in prostrating prayers and folded dreams because these are the only places where we are both nothing and everything.

Wani Ardy

Ipoh