Insomnia

When I am with you, we stay up all night. When you're not here, I can't go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias! And the difference between them.

[Mevlana Celaluddin Rumi]

Separation (A Prayer)

I feel this Separation deeply,
I endure its sweet pain,
The fruit of my Patience,
Still yet to be found,


Forgive me O' Lord,
For I feel no Separation from You,
I endure this pain for another,
One whom you have Created,


My Love for Thee, 
O' Beautiful Creator,
Is as Endless as Your Oceans of Wisdom,
Your Infinite Mercy,


Yet tonight, I weep not from being far from You,
Instead, I weep from being far from one of Yours,
This ecstasy fills me, blinds me, consumes me,
I use it to know You, I endure it to come closer to You,


Tonight, however, I just want to be close to Your Servant,
Forgive me my trespass, I know it is You I should pine for,
Forgive my Love, my Lord, Forgive me this Separation,
I pray unto You to relieve this constant Pain,


I ask this Pain to be relieved in oh but One form,
The end of this Separation,
I know I know little, I know I may be asking for more pain,
But tonight, my mind has fused with my heart, they are One,


They beat together, they ask for one thing in this moment,
To be with Your Servant now and forever,
Will this bring me Closer to You in the End?
Will my naive request be fulfilled?


Forgive me my trespass, for Emotion has blinded me,
To know that my Emotion has taken over is to contradict this Fact,
I see clearly because of Your Constant Presence in my Life,
I hear clearly because of Your Constant Presence in my Life,


I cannot claim to be anywhere near your Men,
I cannot claim to be anywhere near your Angels,
I cannot claim to be anywhere near your Humble Servants,
I can only claim that I Love You.

[Rouzbeh]

Seeker of Silence

A seeker of silence am I, and what treasures have I found with silences that I may dispense with confidence? 

 

[Kahlil Gibran]