to sit cross-legged on the soft carpet
tucking my legs under the rehal
a notebook and a pen
a scribe, a student, a seeker

let the teacher speak
wisdoms and pearls
of the loved and Beloved,
companions and saints
of kindness and perfection
of humanity

the call to prayer echoes
without a second passing
none will speak
then we'll gather in ranks
and prostrate together
to the One
the Giver of Kindness
and Perfection
a witness
to the Greatness of the One

the Most Kind, the Most Perfect
we return to You
with our foreheads on the ground
the mind, intellect, the noblest of all
You've given us
in surrender
all we've understood, seen and experienced
was only by Your Will and Power