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lb_lee ([personal profile] lb_lee) wrote in [community profile] pluralstories2023-05-11 11:10 pm

Soul's Desire, by Rabia Clarke (religious poetry, 1988)

"No distance separates us,
Time and space stand still,
My yearning is our yearning,
Where went "I"?"


Blurb: A religious poem about loving someone not physically visible.

Why is it worth your time?: It's short and been transcribed for free. What have you to lose?

Plural Tags: abuse not mentioned, nonhumans [spirits, gods], romantic relationships, spiritual

Content Warnings: It's a religious poem.

Access Notes: This poem has been textually transcribed online.

Misc Notes: This is a poem from the winter 1988 women's spirituality issue of Rainbow Bridge Magazine, a quarterly publication of Ziraat, a branch of the Sufi order, published at this time in San Antonio, Texas. It doesn't seem to be in screen-readable or digital form anywhere, so I transcribed it.