My One Constant Abiding Romance

91. My Lord flirted with me

My Lord flirted with me yesterday,

In the aftermath of a storm,

In the cool and damp air of

A corner in His creation,

Green with life and love.

Green wet grass beneath my feet,

Green moss and crawlies that climb

The trees that kept me company,

And in the monsoon drain, the roaring water

Brown with silt from the

Hilltop above.

And My Lord winked at me,

Sending lonely drops of water

Plummeting from the leaves of the shading trees

Into the puddles that lie by my feet;

*wink*

*wink*

*wink*

Creating ripples of my Lord’s

Recreation with me, in an ever

Expanding arch and weakening force,

As if the Lord is Himself bashful of me.

*wink*

*wink*

Feeling a little embarrassed and shy,

I took leave of my Lord’s signs

And rejoined my family

Waiting for me, in

The warmth of my

Aunt’s house, and

In the love glimmering

In my aunts’ eyes.

And not a moment

Have I been sitting,

Until 'the Question'

Is again asked by

My aunts,

“When will thee marry?”

Sigh.

God will always be God to me. The prose was recorded sometime in end 2008, at my beloved Mak Su's (my late mother's youngest sister) home. That afternoon it rained heavily, and I wanted to take a breather and was walking her neighbourhood. Her house is at the foot of a tall hill. I do not know when God may flirt with me. But when He does, I like to jot it down. I record sweet events and memories of a Most Loving, and Most Surprising Suitor of all... aka our Lord God of all humanity and creation. It is my job, you see.

Aunties will always be Aunties to me. And as the years pass since my divorce, their plaintive cries and pleading for me to marry again becomes more and more desperate sounding. "We will not live long..." They argue, "Get married while we can still help..." They plead with great earnest and sometimes even acting the Cupid, "If you don't have anyone... you know, my friend's daughter is a teacher / doctor / lawyer and ...." As they continue to press their kind help on helpless me.

Well, I do have a little someone. Indeed, if I have not met her I probably wouldn't even be blogging. And I hope to fulfill my aunties' frantic prayers one day soon. With a little help from God, of course - My One Constant Abiding Romance...

See. I can flirt with God too. It is easy, really.

Hehehe.

Pax Taufiqa.