The Way Back Home Poem by Raaida Salik

The Way Back Home

Rating: 5.0


Wild nights scream at me
And the wicked sun boasts of your love
Why beloved?
I travel to you every dawn
How the dusk makes me cry again to find you!
But I am a sufi devil, your mad mad creation
Till I drink your kindness from the hills
Innocence from the leaves
Rage from the holy books
I will not surrender myself back to you
In love, I smoke the cerise evenings
Bathe in naked water
Savour the silence of your smile
And die in your separation in every poem
Once I come back to you
We'll count the seeds of the pain cherries I ate
And rejoice at every such union we made
Let me feign deafness
While you whisper the way back home!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Tom Allport 30 January 2018

a lovely poem that seeks to connect once again to a higher being? ...................well written Raaida

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Paul Gerard Reed 30 January 2018

There is a lot of creativity and energy in this poem

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Deepak Kumar Pattanayak 30 January 2018

Mysticism of this sort is the very height of this spiritual poem..........very well composed........outstanding piece..10 Cong. for being selected P.O.D

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Bharati Nayak 30 January 2018

Wow - -what an amazing write ! It evokes such heavenly feelings.To quote a few lines- - - I will not surrender myself back to you In love, I smoke the cerise evenings Bathe in naked water Savour the silence of your smile And die in your separation in every poem Once I come back to you We'll count the seeds of the pain cherries I ate And rejoice at every such union we made

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Rajnish Manga 30 January 2018

A flawless expression of thoughts cast in the Sufi mould. A real masterpiece. Thanks, Raaida Salik. I will.... die in your separation in every poem Once I come back to you We'll count the seeds of the pain cherries I ate

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Chinedu Dike 30 January 2018

A poignant piece of poetry, well articulated and nicely penned in good diction with spiritual insight.

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Akhtar Jawad 30 January 2018

Congrats, it's a beautiful selection as members' poem of the day. Once I come back to you We'll count the seeds of the pain cherries I ate And rejoice at every such union we made Let me feign deafness While you whisper the way back home! ...beautiful lines.

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Shimizu Mizuhala 30 January 2018

Savour the silence of your smile And die in your separation in every poem.I like this line, thanks!

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Savita Tyagi 30 January 2018

Beautiful! That Sufi love spills in each image so perfectly. Congratulations for a wonderful poem and member poem place.

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Lyn Paul 30 January 2018

Captivating with heartache and pain. We'll count the seeds of the pain cherries I ate Beautiful. Hope you found home.

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