Together... Poem by Mahfooz Ali

I once looked into your eyes,
and saw eternity gazing back at me
I once knelt down by the side of a creek,
and saw your face -the mirror of my soul
whenever the shadow of hope, the trace of a ghost
of happiness disappears from my ash-black heart,
I whisper your name and I remember -
I remember what it means to live.
life beyond legend, life beyond myth,
life beyond me
I try to remember your face and I can't.
No, your face was carved by Allah.
when the hour of judgement comes, I 'll whisper
your name for the wind to carry it away
and may be -
just may be, we can finally be
Together..............