Showing posts with label Rabia Balkhi. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Poem: 'The Elusive Presence'

 

Oh elusive presence, where are you

If you are not with me then where are you

 


My eyes are illuminated by you

My heart is also acquainted by you

 


Come and invite my eyes and heart

Otherwise draw a sword and take my life




 


From all the beauty

and gifts of the universe

I see naught but half a life


 

Why not lose what remains with you

As without you

I do not need a hundred lives