Each Moment Is like Sunlight on the Heart

June 27, 2017

Dear Subscriber:

Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. This week’s theme is the contrast between the holy and the mundane, in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which began on June 26, at the end of the month of Ramadan.

Today’s poem is a poem for Eid al-Fitr about the transition from Ramadan to more mundane forms of worship.

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

Yours,

Nick Gordon

Each moment is like sunlight on the heart,

Infinity within infinity.

Descend now from the whole back to the part,

As fast gives way to feast, and One to me.

Love is worship, as is pure, chaste pleasure;

Food is worship, music, dance, delight.

Immersed in talk, we savor what we treasure,

The days of fasting fading fast from sight,

Returning, turning, burning through the night.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/eachm2.html. For more poems for Eid al-Fitr, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/ramadanpoems.html .

This week’s theme: The Holy and the Mundane

June 26: Every Moment Equally Is Holy

June 27: Each Moment Is like Sunlight on the Heart