My Poems Attempt
All of what I would want my child to know my poems attempt. We are infants before each other, are we not, so vulnerable to each other’s words and movements. A school I sat in cured me of hurting others. I have come to see that all are seated at His table, and I have become His servant. Sometimes God is too shy to speak in public and He pinches me. That is my cue-to fill in the blanks of your understanding the best I can.–Rabia of Basra,from Love Poems From God by Daniel LadinskyIf I Did Not Pray
I could not move against this wind if I did not pray. And all that is said of me that is untrue would make lame my gait If I could not free myself from the weight of other’s malice. I could not move against all His light if I did not pray. See how things become: what a change can happen, when we find a way to keep Him close. -Rabia of Basra from Love Poems from God by Daniel Ladisnsky SONG OF RABIA-I-BASRAlet me not love thee
from fear of wrath
let me not see thee
from hope for gain
let me look on thee
for the beauty of thy face,
beauty I cannot see
with my eye
beauty I cannot know
with my mind
beauty I can feel
within my heart,
where thou hast built
thy marble temple
where thou hast lain
red-yellow flowers
where thou hast hid
the treasure of thyself
