Un-Invited ... By Jafar Alam ...

I look out at the dark sky

waiting for the sun to embrace this beautiful day ...

My heart beats slowly

To my souls dismay ...

Battling my nafs, trying to contain this desire ...

The desire is not of this world

But for something much Higher ...

My emptiness I cannot speak of,

It's something that I feel ...

The remedy for this

iIs closeness to The Real ...

He gave me this feeling

Filling it to the brim ...

How can I complain

When this longing is from Him ???

He does this to me often

That I may turn and come back ...

When I start to stray away

And faith is what I lack ...

Now the birds start chirping

And quickly fly by ...

Taking in what they can

Of the cold gray sky ...

I lay here hungry and cold

Trying to fill this void ...

When close to Him

I'm filled and overjoyed ...

So I lay here waiting

For I will not fight it ...

Love and death, both come

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