Here I am a million and two

Here I am a million and two
here I am; what passed is too much
what’s coming is due.
Here I am listening to all the memories
a great artist gets them all back in a second 
I’ve aged and aged, all those thoughts passed through
The world can handle it all
the masses are stories passing
the stories are characters never lasting
it’s all the feelings I had, it’s no few.
what I hold inside me is much more than what’s around me
a century won’t be enough to say it though.
I’m full of faces, long beards, great eyes, chins of the Gods
fingers worth crossing, noses- too many noses, and lips too
I’m full of faces too many faces, millions of faces
Here I am a million and two.

Makram Hani