What Your Beloved Loves
sometimes it’s the raw
heart-rending sound
of someone singing
sometimes
it’s their silent pain,
the way they walk
with slow desperation
or put the bowl
of prayer water offered
to their lips
with poignant reverence
that makes you forget
that they call home
the country
who has slaughtered
millions of your own
the country
where people preach hate
from their shiny
loud pulpits
against those like you
you forget the
colour of their skin
their form
who they love or live with
what language they speak
you forget history
theirs
and yours
you remember
only
that they sing
and dance
and walk
and weep like that,
whether they know or not,
because they love Him too
it doesn’t matter
if they worship themselves
or false gods
it doesn’t matter
how they pray
or if they pray
at all
you only see
you only remember
that the One you Love
Created them too
that the One you Love
Loves them too
and you ask yourself
how can you not love
what your Beloved loves?
how can you?
4th july 2015
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
in South Africa intent publishing
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