On Love Poem by Ayesha Jabbar

Nothing to live for
Nothing to die for
There's only you...
And nothing but you

No love but your love
No longing but longing for you
No ecstasy but that in you being
And no pain but that you do not know of

Nothing in the heavens
Nothing in the world
Nothing inside me
And nothing out here

There's only you
And none but you
And who would want to live
If it were not but hope to unite

And who would fear death
If it unites the heart with the beloved
And eased the yearning
Of the restless heart


In nothingness will be the eternal being
In death, the glorified life
No mind and no heart
And neither me nor them

The world whirls
And gleams in brilliance
And melts down
Into nothingness