May the muddy waters clear to reveal your face

May the muddy waters clear to reveal your face;
May the mirror be polished to reflect your grace.

The wretched mind always makes the same mistake
Of forsaking the real and embracing the fake.

The desire of self-image is brick upon brick
Of wants imprisoned in walls ugly and thick.

We worship pure fire for political reasons:
The tyranny of mind must be burnt as treason.

The cry of our heart is torture we can survive,
So long as when cut out- at your feet it thrives!

How long will the world turn on its axis,
Before it wobbles and impales our praxis?

Darvish is weary of spinning time without end;
He longs for muddy waters to reveal the friend.

 

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