Hope to reunite

Hope to reunite in the Place of Truth

Poet: Ahmed Ibrahim
3 Dec 2013

Night visits and dreams of tiredness

               lived in my mind over the months

Mixing the past with the future’s images 

               throwing the days in a revolving life

Nights would pass and days would come

               but my heart's gone, and lost its way

O' he who is hiding in my heart

               who is living deep in my conscience

Covered in my eyes, under the eyelids

               whenever you want you move away

O' he who swims in my river of tears

               and flies away whenever my eyes open

We could no more meet in my sleeplessness

               when you hide behind flowery wreaths

Night would leave me with anxiety

                what if he is in one of these graves?

My eyes soar towards the horizon

                Would he be in that swarm of birds?

You lived in my heart for decades, o' Hisham

                How can I forget when you are months away

O' the beloved one, taken from my sight

                by the call of truth and Omnipotent’s will

O' early traveller to the land of resurrection

                seeking highness and tremendous glory

In the darkness of night you ran fast

                when called upon by the Syrian plight  

Moving away, disappearing, and leaving
                hearts, broken and deeply shocked  

You left a family stunned by your leave

                in a flame of passion and flooding tears

Genuine and valid was that cause

                which had ignited your conscience

Walking lands and flying skies

                riding difficulties through unknown ways

Leaving Dublin towards Antalya,

                moving to Idlib and Shaghour's bridge

Surely you weren't seeking luxury life
                neither you aimed at an easy goal

Ask Damascus and the forts of Hamah

                and ask Raqqah about the brave lion

Never stopped running to every battle

                with burning faith and brave heart

It was God's will that you stay there
                witness for Him for all the times

Be patient my heart and stop my tears

                He is in the Throne's shadow of the All Justice

You have won Heaven, so enjoy Hisham

                with the angel brides and endless provisions

You have won the Garden, the eternal home

                in the Throne's shadow of the thankful Lord

My hope in God that you intercede for me

                when I meet with you on the resurrection's day

My hope in God that we will reunite

                in the place of Truth with the forgiving Lord