Merging of a Tear
By Sèmà Barley
Allah,
As you unlock the gate of my heart,
I meet you in the merging of a tear.
My tears, the Earth’s tears,
We belong to you, we are but Your tears.
I met you in the merging;
The place where I crack and surrender.
Fusing, melding, whirling,
we unify.
Drowning in your ocean is my life vest,
There is no separation!
In my heartbreak, there is coalescence with You.
There is no separation.
There is only merging.
Will I cry forever?
In that tear, I am held by You;
Healed in the drowning.
Safer there, submerged in Supreme Presence’s orbit,
The place where everything ends and You begin.