A Man Without A Soul

Khalid Ajmain

Khalid Ajmain began writing poetry in the stillness of the night — during long, sleepless hours when neuropathy pain kept him awake. Alone in the living room, illuminated only by his phone screen, he wrote quietly over the span of two years. Each poem became a reflection — a prayer, a remembrance, and a conversation with his soul.

In his younger years, Khalid performed with his band Red Kedge and explored the rhythm of life through music. Those moments shaped his sense of expression, teaching him that creativity, like faith, begins from the heart, and that beauty can be found in every state of being.

His journey later led him to Sufism, where he met Shaykh Zakaria Bagharib and other awliyā’ (friends of God). He eventually found his spiritual guide in Shaykh Mahy Cissé and travelled to Medina Baye, Senegal, deepening his path and discovering the true meaning of remembrance, surrender, and love for the Divine.

Through illness, travel, friendship, and faith, Khalid’s poetry captures the beauty found in vulnerability and the mercy hidden in hardship. In A Man Without a Soul, he writes not as one who has arrived, but as a seeker — one who continues the inner journey of confronting the nafs and returning, again and again, to Allah.