Unbearable Beauty
perhaps you wear
the shackles
of some disease
that prevent you
from moving
too far from
one spot under the sky
but even here
in this limited circle
of your outer imprisonment
bound by pain
and incapacity
every day
things beautiful
leap out
and seize your heart
expanding it
making full
your moments:
a sun bird gliding swiftly
in the white-gold sunlight
towards a sage and violet
flowering bush
the love-scented words
of a luminous soul
from the pages of
his poetry book
the cool, silky texture
of sips of clear water
when you’re thirsty
the sharp pleasing
perfume of orange
as you rupture its skin
to savour
the tear drop jewels
of its shiny, delicate
voluptuous flesh
the aroma of patchouli
wafting from the point where
the pulse in your wrist beats
day after day
the same chair
the same garden view
and the same
dull ache
in your body
and yet
you find
your breath taken
again and again
by the subtle details
of what surrounds you
the signs
the Beloved leaves
of Himself
the signs of His
unbearable Beauty
6th february 2015
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from the upcoming book: "The Truth Is Love"
image: with thanks via Iraj Jahanshahi on Facebook
for a copy of "Set My Heart On Fire" in pakistan nalayn publications
image: with thanks via Iraj Jahanshahi on Facebook
for a copy of "Set My Heart On Fire" in pakistan nalayn publications
in South Africa intent publishing
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