The Flowers Are Ascending

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Allah, Beauty, Dervish, Desire, Divine Love, Eternity, God, Kaabah, Longing, Love, Mystic, Mysticism, Soul, Spirit, Sufi, Sufism

A thousand clichés land upon my tongue
When I try to describe You
I page through poetry
I listen to Lovers speak
But nothing comes close to Your Beauty

Starlight –
Glistening in the silent black sky
Moonlight –
Dancing on rain puddles

The secrets You hide behind these wonders
Has me charging to the hills of madness
Blazing trails of my desire craving for union
My impatient self aching to tear through mystery
Like a desperate warrior fighting for freedom

Lightning –
Strikes the broken-hearted with fiery passion
Throbbing –
Heart burning and enraged like the sun

Your rainfall reminds me of soul vision
When I see everything in slow motion
The garden flowers are ascending
Pulled into a bright portal in the sky

The clouds open to reveal the galaxy
Infinite stars spinning like a whirlpool
We watch the procession of ghosts
Carried into their promised eternity
As brilliant divine light pours into our world
Like a visitor from space

I reach through the sparkling dust
I reach for You, the intangible
My feet longing to leave the earth
I am out of breath, lost for words
My heart racing in full throttle

Friend, this poor string of words
These rhymes, metaphors, and mystic imagery
Simply represent my mad self dancing around You
But it is time to unlock the door of hidden beauty
For it is the Kaabah of Your Being that I wish to enter

Friend, don’t you see?

You burn me up in flames

~ Jehanzeb