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
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
A Mercy Case 
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