I Am Lost When I Leave You Poem by Matloob Bokhari

I AM LOST WHEN I LEAVE YOU

O fountain of my life
O my ever present companion
You are sitting in the deepest depth of my heart
You are joy of my life; you are life of my life
The garden of flowers grows radiant in your presence
My heart pulsates with unspeakable joy to see you
I adore you with my heart, soul and mind
I wake up with your name on my lips
I sleep with your thought at night
You are my all in all, my sweet friend
We are from age to age together
We are from endless time together
I am lost When I leave you

COMMENTS: I AM LOST WHEN I LEAVE YOU

Farzana Altaf: Beautiful poetry and so true and touching. Thank you for writing something so many of us feel but can't quite put it so eloquently.

Sylvia Frances Chan: My dear Matloob, how divine is this poetry of you, devotional wholly, how balanced is your faith in HIM and I sense here a constant love and belief in HIM, how lovingly rendered, my friend. I am proud to have a friend so deep in own belief. Thank you for your constant love for HIM and indeed you are lost when you are leaving your God.

RAJ NANDY: Here readers have interpreted this poem as a love poem for the beloved, but I would like to treat this as a Sufi poem for the Divine, with 'you' in capital! Hope that is alright? Thanks, friend, for sharing!

Fay Slimm: You are my all in all' - a beautiful phrase among these tender expressions of love. A grand read my friend.