in your remembrance
I was made aware
of how long before
you remembered me
I know not you
by sight or sound
but through
this remembrance
of your essence
a heart to heart
this peculiar affinity
a knowing from eternity
you appeared formless
your name was shown
etched upon your manuscript
It’s cover red sulfur
containing the contained
from a chain of masters
(The Ishraqiyyun)
This repeated remembrance
a surreal consciousness
of art and artisan
engraving my heart
with your name
repeatedly echoing
as Laila to every Majnun
that’s all I know
you by name
in this presence
of the unknown you
I continue to remember
as you continue
to remember me
Dedicated to Shaikh Khalid Al Baghdadi