Category Archives: Poems Beyond Their Words

contains poetry inclined toward mysticism, gnosticism, Irfan, Tasawwuf, Sufism

Thirst

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

There is melody within a noisy river that only a thirsting man knows. Only those whose fore-arms are scarred by thorns have felt the pleats of the fragrant rose. Dry parchment seeks the stream of the ink like a cube … Continue reading →

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Woken by Absence

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

When drunk with wine, upon soft pillows of golden thread, I, in darkness, slept, whilst sultans’ dreams filled my head, I am woken by Your absence, that of a restless lover in my bed. So, we lie awake, You and … Continue reading →

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This Sobhet Came and Went

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

And some time came and went in a Tavern that never closes As we donned our cloaks and left, ‘twas another tranquil sunset among the many millions issued, another expression of white light  in as many radiant hues. We have … Continue reading →

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“Beauty Seeks a Mirror”

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

I was dazed by the colors of dusk, astounded by its clarity, immediately inebriated by light, spellbound by saturated hues, clouds aflame in saffron, tiger and tangerine, brushes of amaranth, lost in Egyptian blue. Others stopped to stare at the … Continue reading →

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Everything Became You

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

My heart is a winding painted canyon carved by my Beloved. I followed her echo out to the ocean And below Her surface I dove. I emptied myself into Her depths, beneath the currents of unspoken worlds and breathless I … Continue reading →

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A Rose in Life’s Grotto

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

Loving with an empty heart, we hear Her exhale, grotto’s dark, wrapping breath around the rose, in bending light, our spirits arc. A cavern entrance framed in thorns for spacious shelter from the storm, where some upon the threshold waver … Continue reading →

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Hu

Posted on December 27, 2017 by skipavm@gmail.com

Who am i? Am I the “who” of whom I ask, “Who am I?” Or the “I” who asks? That I wonder at all, tells me that there must be another me who is not an “I.” The answer of … Continue reading →

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Puppet Without You

Posted on July 29, 2017 by skipavm@gmail.com

You are the depth of my water of what use is my boat and oar without You. And should I row into shallow waters I will stand and await Your deluge. Without You, this flame cries for warmth the heart … Continue reading →

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Just Passing Through

Posted on July 29, 2017 by skipavm@gmail.com

Moon sliced a crescent door as the sun prepared the tea, souls sigh before arriving, to be drunk and whirling as they leave. I’ve lamented quietly, ambled slow, but oh, not aimlessly following the Prophets black stone star alone on … Continue reading →

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Forget Your Name

Posted on April 5, 2017 by skipavm@gmail.com

Of what use is it to whisper plaints to a steady candle flame If steadiness is what you seek in counsel, be silent, forget your name. Gaze breathlessly, hold your secrets still the heart is too, a glowing lamp with … Continue reading →

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