Unseen
she had known always
where to go
known always
what to do
how to open that door
i never saw
and walk in silent confidence
to take the space
meant for her
since there was a beginning,
or even before
the space no one,
nothing else could fill
to go deep,
deep within
unwind as outward expansion
from therein
cause everything inside
to turn and twist
fall apart
allowing space to be
show her face to me
in glimpses of beauty
such that i am gripped
with fear of death
filled with awe,
with dread,
with longing
with pain, joy
and drunkenness
with every emotion,
every sensation
i have ever felt
and those
never felt before:
the slicing twisting
pain of separation
and of astounded breath sucked in
the tears of total loss
of unreserved joy
and the calm of
utter surrender
made each moment
rich and new
bursting with the
radiance of a million moons
never ending
kisses of ocean breeze
vast stretches of sand dunes
like tidal waves
star studded canopies
of sahara skies
rivers, brimming
full of fragrant flowers
intoxicating melodies
that soar from shrines
the silent mind of utter peace
as weightless vastness
only emptiness can be
growing and glowing deeply,
in secret
unseen, beyond the finite
of this form
she is the love for You
which has always been
that no one else can hear
or see
but the deepest part of you knows
like me
watched from the corners
of our dreams
2nd September 2010
where to go
known always
what to do
how to open that door
i never saw
and walk in silent confidence
to take the space
meant for her
since there was a beginning,
or even before
the space no one,
nothing else could fill
to go deep,
deep within
unwind as outward expansion
from therein
cause everything inside
to turn and twist
fall apart
allowing space to be
show her face to me
in glimpses of beauty
such that i am gripped
with fear of death
filled with awe,
with dread,
with longing
with pain, joy
and drunkenness
with every emotion,
every sensation
i have ever felt
and those
never felt before:
the slicing twisting
pain of separation
and of astounded breath sucked in
the tears of total loss
of unreserved joy
and the calm of
utter surrender
made each moment
rich and new
bursting with the
radiance of a million moons
never ending
kisses of ocean breeze
vast stretches of sand dunes
like tidal waves
star studded canopies
of sahara skies
rivers, brimming
full of fragrant flowers
intoxicating melodies
that soar from shrines
the silent mind of utter peace
as weightless vastness
only emptiness can be
growing and glowing deeply,
in secret
unseen, beyond the finite
of this form
she is the love for You
which has always been
that no one else can hear
or see
but the deepest part of you knows
like me
watched from the corners
of our dreams
2nd September 2010
shahbano aliani
for a copy of "Set My Heart On Fire" in pakistan nalayn publications
in South Africa intent publishing
Splendid! impossible to say more, hugs, pat
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