Safe (from Harm)

Allah!

My love
My rock
My soul

I pray to Allah
to keep you safe
from harm.

Ghazal...

And in the silence
of my darkened room
upon that empty bed
a pillow clutched tight
against the fading light
whispers still left unsaid
stave off unwanted gloom
part of this penance.

If my oft-repeated prayers
keep you safe from harm
then no cry need be heard
nor any sounding of alarm.

Güzel...

Yet there is no promise
of what will be or not
it gives this sustenance
and reason to believe
with nothing to deceive
no tender wound to lance
with a knife edge so hot
yet cooled with a kiss.

My devotion continues
uttered in blind faith
to keep you safe.

Maşallah!