Maher Kheir Maher Kheir is a poet from Lebanon. He read his poem "What shall I do with my wings now?" in Arabic while Australian poet Hal Judge read the poem in English. 
Absence…
My shadows which are tougher than
Our wooden door
Slam on doors…
My eyes roam in our space
Like blind bats.
Your forgotten phantoms
Adorn themselves with the crimson
Of our sofa
To make me laugh sometimes
Yet they laugh at me
The walls swell like your chest
When it pulses with your heart.
Whenever I rest…
Like vagabond birds
At the end of the night…
What shall I do with my wings now ?
After I promised I would fly with you
And they grow larger than clouds.
Now I know the meaning of your departure,
Now I know the depth of tragedy:
There is no difference between death and absence.
