Oh Heart Open the Door -Poem written & produced by Quddus Mohammed
I open the
dusky inner door to your light
I find You! standing beyond the seas
flying a paper kite
In the
heavenly stars that shine over the ocean like diamond dust
In the poems
of Khayyam; heavenly perfume of rose and jasmine’s lust
In the
forgotten pages of Persian scholars
Whose bazaars
birthed the knowledge of celestial lights
In the water
clock at Isfahan witnessing Saturn’s revolution around the Sun
I find Your
wisdom in the historical aphorisms of the East
In the flame
rising from the belly of the frozen sea that fuels the light
In the
fracking of the earth that feeds a wealthy trade to heat
In the
fisherman’s catch, and in terrified hearts of oysters in the shell
Your wisdom in
the buds that blossom from frozen land
In the singing
of the nightingales “O spring is we greet”
Your wisdom in
the farmer’s grain from barren land
In the
wrinkles of Bedouin mothers, and sweet bleed of old frozen maple
In the pesky
ants that carry a load ten times of their bodies
They are all connected. We are
connected
O The Creator, who bestows on all His
light divine
I open the
dusky inner door of my heart to Your mystical light
God, my friend, companion for truth and guidance
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