Dead or Alive

A thought-provoking contemplation on the impact of divine love, questioning the speaker’s existence without it.

Without Your remembrance,
And Your Beloved’s love,
Am I dead or alive?
You alone tell me?

I asked my soul, ashamed,
Embarrassed, never replied.

Let this corpse-like sinner
Live with thoughts of Thee,
And Your Beloved’s love,
For a night or two, just be.

As I swam in the waters,
Beside the Lord and His love,
My light eroded, faith corroded.
Am I alive if you’re not?

I am alive if in me
You reside, O Beloved.
I am alive if veins hum
The melody of Meem, beloved.

20 August 2005. Edit March 2023