My Heart Has Gone Everywhere

my heart has gone

everywhere

become everything

searching for You

it is the ground

and yearning for You

rises off it

like mist

on a quiet winter morning

soaked up

by all the world

soaked up by me

separation

is a constant ache

sucked in

with the breath

the out breath:

a silent calling-out

a plea

Your Name

uttered endlessly

by every atom,

steeped in longing

and in the stillness

between breaths

the whole world listens:

waiting

for Your answer


20^th june 2010

shahbano aliani