The Stranger Beloved Poem by Abu Sufian

I fell down, deep inside, at the core of your heart,
I can hear the heart-beatings,
Sense the emotions and touch the unsaid words hidden in.
Having known your secrets—the unshared memories,
I cried with the tears of yours, and smiled with your smiles.

I fell in your heart, without knowing you,
Without seeing you, hearing you or being heard,
I fell in you before I met you,
Before looking into your eyes—the dark ones with white clouds.

Was it the Noor of your face,
Or the radiant glow,
Or the insatiable fragrance of you,
Or the innocence of your heart,
That pulled me to you like gravity;
like a magnet attaches iron towards it,
Like a night that covers the world with darkness,
Like a moon that shines the darkest night with its glow.

Never did I felt like this,
As if heart is mine and love is yours,
As if soul is mine and life is yours,
As if eyes are mine, sights and dreams are yours,
As if ears are mine, sounds are yours,
As if nose is mine, fragrance is yours,
As if mind is mine, memories are yours,
As if I belong to you; as if I am no more me,
As if I have become you.

What you say in silence comes to me,
I can hear the calling of your eyes-mysterious.
Hands invite more vaguely,
One welcomes, while the other rejects.

Close to me you are, but untouchable,
It is your heart that I can touch without consent.
This is beyond your power to stop me,
Cause I whisper in your heart without noise,
In silence-the language of God.


Note: This poem has been published in the literary journal, Scarlet Leaf Review (July 15,2016) .