The thought of U comes to mind,
and within the mind I find-
a world in my imagination fine,
where abide some lovely friends of mine..
So I envision, and I can see,
beautiful eyes discovering me,
with smiles that glow more visibly -
the closer my friends feel to me.
Composed during a Sultry Summer Sunset in Sunnyvale
(C) Abbas Zaidi, 2008. Silly.com Valley, Californa-yaay
Desires Spoken as if Addressing The ONE
Across the finite chasm of separation - recognition beckons me.
Can thy mind receive me - and _does_ thy heart conceive, see?
Can we give in and allow what can become, to be?
..
This place we stand in now, blessed one - is ripe with opportunity..
How to express the hope, of seeing where this leads?
How to discover, the highest branch of this tree?
Are you the island - souls could find a continent worth exploring?
Have you the waterfalls, that nurse and rejuvenate those who discover thee?
Do you have the desire to explore, to see, where this NOW could lead?
…
Are your passions, and intensities of outrageous proportions -
ready to back against a counter deep and solid in its foundation?
Are your curiosities, the infinite wonder of thee, ready for more - to feel?
Have you suffered enough, my love, to help belittle the suffering of me?
Do you desire enough, aay jaan, to know that I too desire thee?
Do you wonder, as I do, if you should be sitting here with me?
Allow me to rid this game of the mee and the theee, habeebti! *
Enable me to explore the real essence of HOO, ya WaHEE.. **
Permit me the partner, sojourner, on this journey - to nahEEN! ***
~ Aaas (deeply held desire)
(* |habeebti: beloved {feminine specific}, in Arabic.)
(** |HOO: That Which IS. |WaHEE: That ONE. |Ya Wahee: O - that One!)
(*** |nahEEN: Negation of all things, including desire.)
This poem is akin to a response to my first post on this site, below.
Who are the Wadiwalleh, or Valley people? This is the very premise upon which Wadiwallah.com was established. Wadiwalleh are the people who inhabit the region commonly referred to as Silicon Valley. To the most part they are techies working, living, and breathing all things Technology and Business, or so the popular media will have you believe.
Yes it is true that the typical Wadiwallah has something to do with Technology, works at one of the big blues - the Ciscos’, Googles’, and Microsofts’ of the Valley. However, they do have a life apart from their jobs, and a dam interesting one. They are multifaceted beings - passionate about life, very social, and socially aware.
These Wadiwalleh have in recent times started to engage in conversations, both within, and without the corporate firewall. The conversation tend to go against the grain of the atypical “Corporate” mindset - in fact the average Wadiwallah, essentially a cog in someone else’s cube has a very “uncorporate” mindset, though he may not openly show his true colors for fear of loosing his job.
During the day they will have the demure of a “Corporate Boy”, a yes sir type of person - however during the nights, in a social gathering, their true colors come out. It is here that the Wadiwallah will amaze you. These guys have complicated minds - reflecting upon life, and searching for the Truth…
They are passionate beyond bounds - have dreams to transform the world, alleviate poverty, promote intellectualism, and promote grassroots innovation. Left to their own devices, with the appropriate resources, Wadiwalleh have the ability within themselves to transform lives…
Okay, so that really was about as much as programming as I did–I did start out as a Computer Systems Engineer major and even got the degree. But I rapidly went over to the writing side of the house and now, as I like to say, I am a writer who makes his living as a tech writer in Silicon Valley. But, since I did go to engineering school, I knew that a blog focused on Silicon Valley–even if it was focused on the community side of this campus-cum-industry-town we call home–had to start with a post with that headline.
Having paid that homage. Let’s get down to business…and technology…and life, the universe, and everything…
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