(for Sulekha Amin Omar)

                "Omnia vincit amor."
                                                -Virgil.
I see vast seas asleep in your eyes;
And mere smiles that pour joy into  my
      heart,
I see in you a blessed beauty unknown up
      till now!    

I see you as the sun treads westward,
And arrows spread as blind sky reflects
I see you alone among all who under the
       sky live!

I see the delight you bring to a troubled
        spirit
And see the dawn of New Spring as you
      in my thoughts come ,
I see you all the time, Darling, lest I Love
      You forevermore!
                
                                           -by
                                 Hakim Kassim.
                                (c Fall, 1989)