my Lord
what can i do to earn Your Love
everywhere i look
human beings claim to be “winning”
which implies that others are losing
but i contend that we are all losers
every single one of us
from the first to the last
losers
for the beauty of the beautiful
is Your Beauty
and the power of the powerful
is Your Power
and the independence of the independent
is Your Independence from all that is
لا إله إلا أنت
this is the Truth that i want to shout from the rooftops
this is the Reality i want to infect the false hierarchy
so that it comes crashing down
and You save us
“from imagining any meanness in someone who is destitute
or imagining any superiority in someone who possesses wealth
for the noble is he whom obedience to Thee has ennobled
and the exalted is he whom worship of Thee has exalted!”
my Lord
what can i do to earn Your Love
when i am such a loser
pathetic
with nothing to offer
and You are Layla
the Most Beautiful of those with beauty
the Most Powerful of those with power
the Most Independent of those with indepedence
there is nothing that i have ever wanted like You
and after You, there is nothing that i could ever want
my Lord
what can i do to earn Your Love
لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله
A Mercy Case 