Each Sacrifices What the Heart Loves Most

September 18, 2016

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme is giving, in honor of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, which falls on September 13 and commemorates Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son.

Today’s poem is a poem for Eid al-Adha about sacrificing what one loves most.

I welcome comments on my poems at http://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Each sacrifices what the heart loves most,

Imitating Abraham when he

Delivered Isaac to the eternal host,

Although with heavy heart, yet faithfully.

Love does not grasp, but gives away all things,

Aware of something holy in its fire,

Destined to retain the gifts it brings,

Having first relinquished the desire,

As Allah gives one all one would require.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at http://www.poemsforfree.com/eachsa.html. For more poems for Eid al-Adha, go to http://www.poemsforfree.com/muslimpoems.html .

This week’s theme: Giving.

September 12: Thirty-Five

September 13: Every Moment Sings of Love and Beauty

September 14: Happiness Remains the Drug of Choice

September 15: One Cannot Make Another Happy

September 16: There Are for Giving Many Rationales

September 17: Even Sacrifice May Not Be Pure

September 18: Each Sacrifices What the HeartLoves Most