Such Things These Eyes They Wish To See

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                                    "Madinah Sunset" by Qalb Par Nazar



i wish upon embers
falling from my eyes
not tears
but starshine
blazing and glorious
like the sunset over Makkah 

i wish i can take flight
like Iqbal's eagle
soaring and endless
searching for its place
insane
yet, oh 
so divine 

and i wish that my gaze
may one day fall
upon the both of you
smiling 
at me

as Muhammad must have smiled
at Khadija
a love so rare 

not quite romantic
yet unconditional 

as the love i have for you
simultaneous 

like blood brothers 
mine

eternal.

- Susan Marie 2013

[last poem of the year, for my two brothers]