Abdul Sattar Edhi



Abdul Sattar Edhi
(1928 - 2016)

grieve
light a lamp
say a prayer
for the soul
of the saint
who has died
today

but do not despair

the Source of
Love and Mercy
is Ever Living
and Eternal

with a word
He can
create an army
of angels and saints

like the one
we weep for
today

the washer
and burier
of unnamed
unmourned corpses

the one who embraced
children abandoned
by faithless poverty
selfishness and shame

the caregiver
to those too old
too sick
too damaged
to be of use
or interest
to anyone else

the lover
of the broken
the needy
the unclaimed
the spurned
and the scorned

the lover of those
we could not touch
or care for

the lover of those
we could not
would not
love

he has returned today
to the Mercy
that is The Source

and his reward
awaits him
 with the Most Generous
of all

so don’t mourn him

better that you
pray for your own heart
your own love
to grow as grand
as enormous
as beautiful
as his



9th july 2016


Abdul Sattar Edhi (Audio)


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