MIRACLE OF SOUND AT THE KA’BA
MIRACLE OF SOUND AT THE KA’BA What sounds are heard around God’s House? First, utter silence, silence within silence. Then its…
Is a lake on a hill closer to God than a
lake on a plain with its
bright reflective waters?
Is the dial on the watch of a saint
closer to true time than the
dials of the rest of us?
Is the night longer or shorter for
one who believes or one who disbelieves
that at the farthest end of it a glorious oasis arises?
(Slender palm trees there bend and tremble in the
sweetest wind)
Is the voice of the Beloved
licked inside our ears
clearer than our own voice and the
voices of others on the outside?
Is outside any different from
inside in God’s Eyes?
1/15/2008 (from The Fire Eater’s Lunchbreak)
Categories: Poems