I am Ramadhan, a Favoured Moon of God -Prose of Ramadhan Part 79

I am Ramadhan, a Favoured Moon of God

(Ramadhan Verses 43)

I love you,

But I must let you go.

You must leave me,

Though you shall

Find none better.

Everything and everyone

That you shall meet

Shall be a parable,

An analogy,

A memory

Of me.

I love you,

But I must let you go.

I love you in ways

You can never know.

And if you despair

Of your yearning

For me.

Do not worry,

For I love you still.

Everything and everyone

Can come to confound

Your memory of me.

And you shall come

To doubt what I

Say is true.

But you only need

To look inside,

And you shall

Find me in

You.

I am Ramadhan,

A Favoured Moon of God.

And like the Lord,

I too have a

Home in

You.

I am letting you go now,

And in a few short hours

You shall be with

My sister Moon

Of Syawal.

But in truth, I am always

With you.

For whatever the season,

God made me

Just for you,

And you were made

To fill my days and nights

With beautiful piety,

And the remembrance

Of the Truth.

We are both like mirrors, you and I.

And what beauty you see in me

I see it in you too.

This, I do believe is my last posting and prose of Ramadhan 2011. Upon a mild provocation by my friend, Longhair, the verses was recorded in the early morning of the last day of Ramadhan. For today shall end with the eve of Syawal and the beginning of the Eid celebrations. But it shall be a joyous occasion marked with a little sadness, for my friend, Ramadhan Kareem is leaving me. And though I am grateful to receive her sister moon, I cannot forget Ramadhan and her tender kindness.

God bless life, God bless love, God bless the runes that He has left in the setting of the sun, and the rising of a new moon, and how in each understanding, is a path to His Knowledge and All-Encompassing Love and Compassion. For all creatures.

wa min Allah at-taufiq.