'Ishq

knees bear witness countless

hours knelt

tearing diligence

weeds ripped prayerful

discipline lest

tender or nourish

be choked out

knees agree with hands

hands with memory dirtlined

muscle wisdom 

sensation of each weed some

deep rooted others quickened some

prickly few fragrant

and then the vines

oh hands know the vines

weeds that pull back

laced and locked

plant of lovers

oh hands know the vines

how strange, then

earlier tonight

to be the gardener tearing

and the vine torn

I resist ferocious

clinging to the

sacred silent thing

between us

but I see you

and leave 

without saying

goodbye

ALL

some religions have this idea of eternal marriage your spouse on earth is also your spouse in heaven and you only get one divorce would ruin the whole thing because who would you be with in heaven it wouldn't work i find this achingly stupid god is the source of all love if you return to god you return to all the love you have ever known every friend and kin every blade of grass to ever brush your skin every berry plucked from a bush every lover every laugh shared with a stranger every small act of kindness why would there be any division why would there be any limit earthly contracts are such a pale comparison to the true union that awaits god is not one because of excluding the rest god is one because god is ALL