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THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUE LOVE
Robert Browning loved Elizabeth Barrett
John Keats gave his all to Fannie Brawn
Omar Khayyam wanted just his beloved
Edgar Alan Poe pined for Annabel Lee
Edgar the Sixth gave up his throne
For his beloved Wallace Simpson
Antonio of Rome and Cleopatra
Gave up their empires for love's glee.
Orpheus of Greece crossed even Hades
While Paris battled for Helen, not Troy
Through earthly love we come to know Him
The God Almighty and our hearts find joy
The Prophets, the Messengers and saints,
The gnostics, the wise men and women
Through loving humans learned to love God
The One, The Only, the all loving Lord.
And me too found the clue to happiness
As my beloved Daphne came in a vision
More beautiful she was than when on Earth
Angelic and peaceful in the Garden of Eden
And I lost track of time, night and dawn
As my heart's queen taught me love's wisdom:
"Our earthly attraction and worldly affection
Is the key to our eternal true union".
Adding more my houri* told me:
"Grive not O Naveed for I am always yours
"As I was in the world,..so shed no tears
"Our love is blessed by our Maker
"And our souls are each other's...forever".
As my eyes opened the blue sky was joyous
For me and Daphne as Allah The Glorious
Had revealed to me the secret of living
And blessed my heart, mind, my being
Not from the fountain of life or Muses' Spring
But from the lips of my sweetheart, my darling.
