The Realm

Come, tell me about your love

the one you lost

tell me about the tragedy

how death has taken from you

what you held nearest to your heart

Give me your grief

let me carry it for you

let me feel its weight

don't you know?

I am The All-Loving

I am The Destroyer

for what was taken from you

leaves you without reason

and leaves you without answer

how can something so beautiful

be stolen from the depth of your heart

and within, We drown you with rage

Give me your anger

release it to me

gift it, to me

I am The All-Merciful

I am The Reckoner

under the cover of night

when you are most alone

no one will hold the torture that shakes you

the loss shears your heart of hearts

hopeless are your teardrops

inconsolable are your cries

they only echo in the dark

In a world that is deaf and blind

only I witness your pain

let me unshackle your burden

hive up your suffering

lift it from the depth of your spirit

gift it, to me

I am The All-Patient

I am The Punisher

come, whisper your stories

tell me about her smile

and the way she held your hand

let me hear her voice through you

You cannot see her,

only I know the realm

the infinite space where she lies

right under your eyelids

don't you know?

I am The All-Seeing

I am The Unseen

Your grief is proof of love

and the evidence of life

ask, how can you love her

and not love that which has given her life

ask, how can you love the leaf,

but not the branch that carries it

and if you can love the branch

then what of the trunk and the roots that carries them

and what love have you for the earth

the wind, and all that gives life to that which is

To love, means to love the whole world

give me your grief, for I love you

don't you know?

I am The Giver of Life

I am The Bringer of Death.