(14″ x 18″ acrylic on canvas panel)
Description: This painting symbolizes the dissolution of the ego with the inner ambrosia that follows… the poem that inspired it can be read here
Year of Creation: 2005
~ Honey-Existence ~
In the presence
of the Friend,
be quiet.
Should you know
of His eloquence,
assume a death:
the one which has
countless resurrections,
you know, the sunlit one!
Those who deeply are
in Love do that, they
open the seven windows
inside their being and in
the waiting, they die, silently
till the mystic wind begins
to circulate, lo! They bask
in the exquisite exchange,
it rocks them like the Word
rocks the heavenly stars;
in that sacredness,
their souls exude a cry
“al hamdulillah!
We are sanctified.”
Then some passers-by
intrigued by the joyful sobs
approach, to inquire about
the cause of that high
and the lovers ever-kind,
whisper through the ether,
“become complete now
before the Friend,
Separate not your will
from His. Surrender as
if you don’t mind being
killed by a softness,
by a wandering tenderness,
this way, you shall know
the same honey-existence.”
(from Nocturnal Light)
2007 copyrights Aida Toure