i have this night

by Your grace

i have this night

let it not go to waste

i have this night

in it, my heart cries out to You

let me not be lost to this world

let me not give up hope

let me not begin to believe that the forest is not there

waiting

still waiting

i presume i will wake up tomorrow

another day, another responsibility

but tonight

let me dream

let me embrace the heart shattering notion

that You have no limit

no end that i can fathom

for i am part of what You have wrought

i am a drop in the shoreless sea

لا إله إلا الله

a sea that encompasses every name

of every human being

who has ever spoken of You

dear God

what Beauty I behold sometimes

in a word

in a glance

in a dream

in a hope

that my entire being shakes

quivers

loses control

and i want to rush to You

lose it all on love

risk everything

because whose promise can i trust more than Yours

my Lord

my body is trapped in this apartment tonight

but my soul flies to the edge of time and space

to the realm of ‘Ali and Fatima

may Your peace be upon them

beyond death and life

to Being itself

to Existence itself

to You

yes, it would be hard to live

if what i felt now was always there

and so Your grace will most likely veil it again

but tonight

let me show up at Your door

and cry out Your name

a lover gone mad

i will not leave until You let me in

and embrace me

and promise me that we will be together

forever

يا أرحم الراحمين